Figurative Language Quiz

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• She is as brave as a lion.

• Time is a thief.

• He ran like the wind.

Identify the metaphor in the following sentence: "Her voice is music to my ears."

• voice

• music

• ears

• Her voice is music

Which of the following sentences contains personification?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• The car tires screeched as it rounded the corner.

• She is a shining star.

• He is as fast as a cheetah.

Identify the hyperbole in the following sentence: "I've told you a million times to clean your room!"

• told you

• a million times

• clean your room

• I've

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• The silky, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain.

• The bees buzzed by the daisies.

• She is the apple of my eye.

• Love is a battlefield.

Choose the sentence that contains a simile.

• The clouds are cotton balls in the sky.

• The snowflakes danced like swans.

• Night is a blanket that covers the town.

• The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

Which of the following sentences uses a metaphor?

• The alarm clock screamed at me this morning.

• The cake was as soft as a pillow.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

• He swims like a fish.

Identify the example of personification.

• The sun kissed the ocean.

• She is a night owl.

• The car is very fast.

• The book was interesting.

Which sentence contains hyperbole?

• I slept like a log last night.

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The bag weighed a ton.

• Both B and C

Choose the sentence that correctly uses onomatopoeia.

• The leaves rustled in the wind.

• The cake was as sweet as sugar.

• He is the light of my life.

• The sunflowers nodded in the breeze.