Identifying Figurative Language

"Life is a Journey" is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• None of the Above

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

The angry, hot sun beamed down on us, beating us with its rays.

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Understatement

What figurative language does this sentence from Born Worker contain?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

"Time is a thief" is an example of a(n) .

(a)  

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

What human quality is being personified in the following sentence?

The old tree waited patiently for spring to return again.

• old

• waited paitently

• return

Read the following sentence and decide if it using an example of hyperbole.

It took me a hundred years to do my homework.

• Hyperbole

• Not Hyperbole

Choose the answer that best matches the meaning of the following idiom:

The ball is now in your court.

• You are dribbling a basketball

• It is your turn to make a decision

• You are a knight in the King's court

Jumbo shrimp

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Buzz - says the great buzzing bee.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia