Figurative Language Quiz

What kind of figurative language is being used in the sentence 'You are the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of the sun'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the sentence 'A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water', what kind of figurative language is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which kind of figurative language is used in the lines 'Long live the rose that grew from the concrete, When no one else even cared!'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What kind of figurative language is being used in the sentence 'The roof might fly off, the walls might buckle from the pressure of his rage'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

In Romeo's question 'What art thou hurt?' and his friend's response 'Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch', what kind of figurative language is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What kind of figurative language is used in the lines 'Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

In the sentence 'If you want my final opinion on the mystery of life and all that, I can give it to you in a nutshell. The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.', what kind of figurative language is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What kind of figurative language is being used in the sentence 'I can resist everything -- except temptation'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

In the sentence 'I heard it through the grapevine', what kind of figurative language is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What kind of figurative language is used in the sentence 'Russians (are) returning to NHS after souring on KHL (Kontinental Hockey League)'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D