01/24/25 Figurative Language Quiz

What is a simile?

• It compares two things without using "like" or "as"
• It compares two things using "like" or "as"
• An over-the-top exaggeration

What is a metaphor?

• It compares two things without using "like" or "as"
• It compares two things using "like" or "as"
• An over-the-top exaggeration

Identify the following figurative language: "She was as happy as a clam."

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Identify the following figurative language: "The baby babbled like a songbird."

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Identify the following figurative language: "Our dog was a speed skater on the frozen pond."

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Identify the following figurative language: "Our car is a rocket on the highway when Mom drives."

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

My stomach did a backflip.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

Identify the figurative language.

The ball came screaming across home plate.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Identify the figurative language.

The ball came screaming across home plate.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification