Figurative Language Quiz

The classroom was a freezer. All the students were extremely cold and had to wear jackets.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

It's raining cats and dogs!

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

"You're driving me up a wall!" mom said because she was tired of our constant noise.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

It had been a beautiful spring, but nobody had time to mow their lawns. The grass was as high as a forest!

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

Rita was shocked by the price of the laptop. "It costs an arm and a leg!" she cried.

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

Jean was as quiet as a mouse as she snuck cookies from the kitchen.

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

Paul Bunyan was so strong he could chop down 50 trees with one swing of his ax.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

My teacher was a volcano, ready to explode at any moment.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

My grandma donated money to the animal shelter because she has a heart of gold.

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

The raindrops danced on the window.

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile