Figurative language test

"New York during rush hour was a jungle" is an example of what?

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

In a storytelling competition, Luna described her arrow's flight as "As straight as an arrow". This description is an example of what?

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• allusion

"My monkey is making me mighty mad" is an example of what?

• simile
• idiom

• metaphor
• alliteration

The clock on the wall laughed at Avery as they tried to finish their test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended. What is the meaning?

• I was running out of time

• The clock had a face.

• The test was difficult.

• The could not tell what time it was.

The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. 

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When Henry told Rohan not to be a stick in the mud and join the game, what was he using?

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

"Brian said, 'I ate a burger as big as a bus,'" is an example of what literary device?

• Personification

• A simile

• A hyperbole

What is the meaning of this simile? "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red

• She gets really angry

• She talks very loudly

• She eats takis and spits when she talks