WorksheetsFigurative Language Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The snake swam across the lake as a ribbon would curl in an autumn breeze.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
2.
The car lights winked at one another as they passed on the highway.
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Onomatopoeia
3.
Perry has tons of money in his piggy bank at the back of his closet.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
4.
My teacher is a dragon! She gives so much homework!
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Allusion
d)
Onomatopoeia
5.
Just because he won the science fair, he thinks he’s a regular Einstein.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Allusion
d)
Simile
6.
The pest control company had to close due to a bug infestation.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Irony
7.
Who let the cat out of the bag on Marissa’s surprise party?
a)
Idiom
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Irony
d)
Hyperbole
8.
I had my umbrella with me all week. Today, when it rains, I left it home!
a)
Alliteration
b)
Irony
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
9.
The clouds danced across the night sky, lit by the full moon.
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
10.
If I must go to my aunt’s house one more time, I will absolutely drop dead.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
11.
My brother swung from branch to branch like a chimpanzee in the zoo.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Irony
12.
The horses’ hooves clip-clopped on the stone pavement.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Irony
13.
Her sweet words about my grandmother were honey to my soul.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Idiom
14.
Rapunzel’s long blond hair was a golden river flowing down her back.
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
15.
The clang of the dinner bell let me know that it was time to head for home.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
16.
Jack jumped over the jacks and jogged to his Jeep.
a)
allusion
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
17.
If you are asking me for money, you are barking up the wrong tree.
a)
allusion
b)
alliteration
c)
personification
d)
idiom
18.
The girl looked everywhere for her keys except for the one spot where she had left them.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
irony
19.
Well, that vacation was just as successful as the Titanic’s maiden voyage.
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
allusion
d)
idiom
20.
The girl broke the glass goblet against the stone gate.
a)
allusion
b)
alliteration
c)
irony
d)
idiom
21.
The cakes and cookies taunted me from inside the glass case at the bakery.
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
allusion
22.
The tick-tick-tick of the hall clock echoed throughout the downstairs rooms.
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbole
23.
Laughter is the music of life.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
idiom
24.
As my mom stepped over piles of junk, she exclaimed,” You’ve won the clean room award!”
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
irony
d)
allusion
25.
The hail hit the roof like a bunch of golf balls.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
idiom
d)
irony
26.
A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said “wonderful weather we’re having!”
a)
idiom
b)
allusion
c)
irony
d)
metaph
27.
The assignment was a breeze.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
28.
What is a simile?
a)
Comparing two unlike things without using like and as
b)
Comparing two things in a text
c)
Comparing two unlike things using like and as
d)
None of the above
29.
What is a metaphor?
a)
Comparing two things in a text
b)
Comparing two things using like and as
c)
An over exaggeration
d)
Comparing two things without using like and as
30.
Onomatopoeia is...
a)
An exaggerated statement
b)
A sound effect
c)
A comparison of two things using like or as
d)
The use of a word associated with a sound.
31.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
32.
An extreme exaggeration used for effect
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
33.
Fall Fridays feel fantastic.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
34.
What is personification?
a)
comparing two things using like or as
b)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
c)
a dramatic exaggeration
d)
a word that resembles the sound it represents
35.
What is alliteration?
a)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
b)
a phrase that means something else than what it says
c)
repeating the same initial sound in several words
d)
a contradictory phrase
36.
What is an idiom?
a)
a phrase that means something else than what it says
b)
comparing two things using like or as
c)
an extreme exageration
d)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
37.
Danny's room is a pig-sty.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
38.
The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
39.
The sun stretched its golden arms across the land.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
40.
The moon rested in the midnight sky.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
rhyme
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