4/17 Figurative Language Quiz

What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?

I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?

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

• alliteration

• repetition

• idiom

• hyperbole

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following sentence: "The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break."

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

What is the figurative language in "Lightning danced across the sky"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew."

• "He's as strong as an ox."

• "Life is a roller coaster."

• "The sun smiled down on us."

Choose the sentence that contains an example of onomatopoeia.

• The stars in the sky twinkled like diamonds.

• The bees buzzed busily making honey.

• She was a shining star in the gloomy night.

• The cake was as soft as a whisper.

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The alarm clock screamed at me this morning.

• Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

• He swims like a fish.

• The cookies on the plate disappeared one by one.

Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence: "The thunder was a mighty lion roaring in the sky."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Match the following similes and metaphors.

• The snow is a white blanket.

• Metaphor

• My brother playing the trumpet sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.

• Simile

• My sister is as tall as a giraffe.

• Simile

• Life is a highway.

• Simile

• He is as slow as a sloth when he is getting ready for school.

• Metaphor

What are the two unlike things being compared in the sentence below?

Time is as cruel as a thief in the night​.

(a)   ​ ​ (b)  

• Time
• is
• cruel
• thief
• night
• as