Figurative Speech Quiz

Identify the type of figurative speech in this sentence: "The wind whistled wildly through the trees."

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the type of figurative speech in this sentence: "Break a leg."

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify the type of figurative speech in this sentence: "His words were music to my ears."

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the type of figurative speech in this sentence: "When he spoke he was as quiet as a mouse."

• Idiom

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Identify the type of figurative speech in this sentence: "Her smile is a ray of sunshine in my life."

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the type of figurative speech in this sentence: "The thunder grumbled loudly in the distance."

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Time is a thief in the night, stealing moments from us.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The cereal went “snap, crackle, pop” when the milk was poured on top.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

He's as cool as a cucumber.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

It’s no use crying over spilled milk.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B