Figurative Language Quiz

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

• alliteration

• repetition

• idiom

• hyperbole

My stomach did a backflip.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Interpret what the phrase means:

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.

My father has eyes like a hawk. He finds out even the minutest of things.

• means that the father eyes are super small

• means that the father always finds outs everything

• means that the father is everywhere

• means that the fathers likes hawks

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• He swims like a fish.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

Identify the simile in the following sentence: "Her smile was as bright as the sun."

• Her smile was

• as bright as the sun

• the sun

• None of the above

What is being personified in this sentence: "The leaves danced in the wind"?

• The leaves

• The dance

• The wind

• The sentence

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• I have a million things to do today.

• She runs fast.

• The apple was tasty.

• He whispered softly in her ear.

Choose the option that is an idiom.

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• She is a shining star.

• He is as strong as an ox.

• The car is red.

In the poem stanza, "The ocean sang a melody that calmed my restless soul," what figurative language is used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole