Figurative Language Identification Quiz

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The stars were diamonds in the sky.

• Her smile was as bright as the sun.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• He was a lion in the fight.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the metaphor in the following sentences:

• The classroom was a zoo.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• He ran like the wind.

Which sentence is an example of personification?

• The thunder roared angrily in the night.

• He is a shining star.

• She is as graceful as a swan.

• The car zoomed down the street.

Choose the sentence that best illustrates hyperbole:

• I have a million things to do today.

• The sun was a golden ball in the sky.

• The flowers nodded their heads in the breeze.

• He is as strong as an ox.

Which of the following is an example of a pun?

• Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

• The world is a stage.

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• She is as sweet as sugar.

Identify the oxymoron in the following options:

• Deafening silence

• The wind howled in the night.

• He is a giant among men.

• She sings like an angel.

Which sentence contains an allusion?

• He was a real Romeo with the ladies.

• The leaves whispered secrets to each other.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• The car was a rocket on the highway.

Identify the idiom in the following sentences:

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• The moon was a ghostly galleon.

• The trees waved their arms in the wind.

• He is as brave as a lion.

Analyze the following sentence and determine which type of figurative language is used: "The world is your oyster."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Evaluate the following sentence and identify the figurative language: "Her voice was music to his ears."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom