Figurative Language Quiz

What is personification?

• comparing two things using like or as

• giving human traits to objects or ideas

• a dramatic exaggeration

• a word that resembles the sound it represents

Jeremy clammed up when he thought others would tease him about his ideas.

• Jeremy kept his ideas to himself.

• Jeremy enjoyed fishing.

• Jeremy spoke freely.

After math class, Chou's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test.

• Chou was feeling confused.

• Chou was feeling very confident.

• Chou is thinking about science class.

I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

• alliteration

• repetition

• idiom

• hyperbole

(1)The breeze felt like a refreshing drink of lemonade. (2)The night air was fuel for my work, and it was a beautiful night. (3)If I was going to finish writing this test, then it was going to be the longest night of my life. (4)Then like booming thunder, a light bulb went off in my head. (5) I searched for the perfect program where I could peruse several small suggestions swiftly. (6) Sadly, my time on Herculean efforts on Google reminded me of a crazy Spongebob Squarepants episode. (7) Even though I knew what I was searching for, it didn’t go well. (8) It seems that I will be working like a dog for tonight. (9) One good thing did happen, though: I finally discovered what one calls a super articulate dinosaur... a Thesaurus..., and next time a dinosaur drops by for lunch, I'll know how to properly invite him. "Tea, Rex?"

The underlined sentence in the red font is an example of

• hyperbole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

(1)The breeze felt like a refreshing drink of lemonade. (2)The night air was fuel for my work, and it was a beautiful night. (3)If I was going to finish writing this test, then it was going to be the longest night of my life. (4)Then like booming thunder, a light bulb went off in my head. (5) I searched for the perfect program where I could peruse several small suggestions swiftly. (6) Sadly, my time on Herculean efforts on Google reminded me of a crazy Spongebob Squarepants episode. (7) Even though I knew what I was searching for, it didn’t go well. (8) It seems that I will be working like a dog for tonight. (9) One good thing did happen, though: I finally discovered what one calls a super articulate dinosaur... a Thesaurus..., and next time a dinosaur drops by for lunch, I'll know how to properly invite him. "Tea, Rex?"

The underlined sentence in blue font is an example of

• visual imagery (sense of sight)

• simile

• No figurative language is used here.

• metaphor

What figurative language is used in this example?

"And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast

I'm never going back, the past is in the past

Let it go.."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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 has a heart of stone.

Identify the metaphor in the following sentence: "The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break."

• The classroom

• A zoo

• During the lunch break

• The classroom was a zoo

Which of the following sentences contains personification?

• The sun smiled down on us.

• She is a shining star.

• He ran like the wind.

• The cake was as sweet as sugar.