Figurative Language Quiz

What is an example of figurative language in the sentence: The sun smiled down on the happy children?

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Identify the figurative language used in the sentence: The wind whispered through the trees.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

In the sentence 'She's as busy as a bee', what type of figurative language is being used?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What is the figurative meaning of the phrase 'raining cats and dogs'?

• It is snowing heavily

• It is raining very heavily

• It is sunny and warm

• It is raining cats and dogs

Identify the idiom in the sentence: It's raining cats and dogs outside.

• raining cats and dogs

• sunny and warm

• raining heavily

• pouring like a waterfall

What is the author trying to convey through the use of the idiom 'a piece of cake' in the sentence: The test was a piece of cake for him.

• The test was extremely difficult for him.

• The test was a literal piece of cake for him.

• The test was very easy for him.

• The test was delicious for him.

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: The stars danced in the night sky.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

What is the figurative meaning of the phrase 'actions speak louder than words'?

• Actions have no impact on people

• Words are more powerful than actions

• What someone does is more important and revealing than what they say.

• What someone says is more important than what they do

Identify the proverb in the sentence: A stitch in time saves nine.

• A stitch in time saves eleven

• A stitch in time saves ten

• A stitch in time saves eight

• A stitch in time saves nine

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: The flowers nodded their heads in the breeze.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification