Figurative Language Skills Quiz

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

• alliteration

• repetition

• idiom

• hyperbole

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.

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

This school is an asylum.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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 swims like a fish.

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 is an example of personification?

• The cake was calling my name.

• She is a shining star.

• He has a heart of stone.

• The car tires screamed as they skidded on the road.

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 idiom?

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• The early bird catches the worm.

• She has a green thumb.

• All of the above.