Figurative Language

Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:

Katie collaborated with the concerned citizens of the city.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Which words in the sentence are a demonstration of alliteration?

Katie collaborated with the concerned citizens of the city.

(a)   ​ ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• Katie
• with
• citizens
• collaborated
• city
• concerned

Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:

Jasmine heard the trees whispering in the forest.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

What is the inanimate (non-human) thing, and what is it doing that is human-like?

Jasmine heard the trees whispering in the forest.

(a)   ​ (b)  

• Jasmine
• heard
• trees
• forest
• whispering

Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:

Time is as cruel as a thief in the night.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

What are the two unlike things being compared in the sentence below?

Time is as cruel as a thief in the night​.

(a)   ​ ​ (b)  

• Time
• is
• cruel
• thief
• night
• as

Which word indicates the following sentence is a simile?

Time is as cruel as a thief in the night.

• as

• time

• cruel

• thief

Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:

The drive took forever when we drove across the state.

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Which part of the sentence is an extreme exaggeration?

The drive took forever when we drove across the state.

• took forever

• The drive

• when we drove

• across the state

Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:

My mind is a cage that I'm trapped in.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification