Figurative Language Exercises Quiz

What is a Simile?

• Comparison using the words 'not' or 'never'

• Comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'

• Comparison using the words 'this' or 'that'

• Comparison using the words 'and' or 'but'

Simile: Complete the simile - 'As brave as a...'?

• rock

• cow

• lion

• butterfly

What is a type of figurative language that directly compares one thing to another without using 'like' or 'as'?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

'The world is a jungle' is an example of...?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• assonance

What is giving human characteristics to non-human things?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Personification: Complete the sentence - 'The flowers danced in the...'?

• rain

• sunshine

• snow

• wind

What is an obvious and extreme exaggeration?

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Metaphor

• Literal

Hyperbole: Complete the hyperbole - 'I'm so hungry I could eat a...'?

• mountain

• horse

• car

• house

What is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in successive words?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Personification

Select the examples of alliteration.

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• Woody went to the wild, wild West.