Figurative Language Quiz

Sentence: "Grandpa lounged on the raft in the middle of the pool like an old battleship." What is this an example of?

• Irony

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Sentence: "Nothing can bother him." Which device best fits this sentence?

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Personification

• Metaphor

Sentence: "If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts." Which figurative language is used?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Sentence: "The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face." What type of figurative language is used here?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Sentence: "She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show." What figurative device is used?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Sentence: "When he kissed her, it felt to her as though he were trying to win a sword fight." What type of figurative language is used here?

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Sentence: "The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area." Which type of figurative language is this?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Sentence: "My dad is always working." Which figurative device is being used here?

• Irony

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Sentence: "That woman is the cancer of my dreams and aspirations." Which figurative language is used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Sentence: "That was the easiest question in the world." What figurative language is this?

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor