Figurative Language Quiz

Decide which type of figurative language is in the example below

"This class was a total zoo when we had a substitute teacher."

• Simile

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figurative language used in the example below

"I will not have you, in one night, besmirching that name by behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons!"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the type of figurative language used in the example below

"She was moving fast—fast like a dancer in a temple ritual, fast like a snake in the red dessert, fast like the water down the side of a mountain."

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the type of figurative language used in the example below

"Life... is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

• Simile

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figurative language example below

"They don't say anything because they're Wolverine and Magneto and it would mess up their vibe to explain."

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example

"I'm on that supersonic boom. Y'all hear the spaceship zoom"

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the figurative language example shown below

"I’m so tired I could sleep for a year."

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the figurative language used in the following example

"The run-down house appeared depressed."

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the figurative language used in the following example

"I was going to text you back but it slipped my mind."

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example

"After the failed experiment it was time for Dr. Doufenshmertz to go back to the drawing board."

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4