Figurative Language Quiz

The stars danced across the night sky.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

The fire chief's house burned down while he was at work.

• Irony

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Euphemism

Life is a roller coaster with many ups and downs.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Euphemism

Grandpa has gone to a better place.

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Irony

Her laughter is like bells tinkling in the wind.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The boots marched across the battlefield.

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Personification

• Alliteration

The situation has reached a boiling point.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

I've told you a million times!

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Metonymy

At the seafood restaurant, they served a plate of jumbo shrimp, which was a surprising mix of large and small sizes.

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Hyperbole

The bees buzz busily among the blooming flowers.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Both A and B

• Personification