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

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

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

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

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

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

Identify the figurative language example shown below

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

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Identify the figurative language used in the following example

"The run-down house appeared depressed."

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Allusion

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

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