Figurative Language Quiz

Excerpt: "Our house on Mango Street is small and red, with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath."

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Imagery (visual)

Excerpt: "But my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it up with a sweet bread pin."

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

Excerpt: "So many rats that the walls are falling down, and the landlords don’t care."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Excerpt: "And then there are the crooked stars."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery (visual)

Excerpt: "My papa's hair is like a broom."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Excerpt: "Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Excerpt: "Laughter like a pile of dishes breaking."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery (auditory)

Excerpt: "The sky is a flat bowl."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Excerpt: "And me, my hair is lazy."

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

Excerpt: "The house is like a bread loaf."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole