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Figurative Language Quiz!

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Idiom

2.

What type of figurative language is this? "Peter Parker makes pepper pizza."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Onomatopoeia

3.

What type of figurative language is this? "Crash! The ceramic plates fell to the floor."

a)

Personification

b)

Idiom

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

4.

What type of figurative language is this? "She is as bright as a light bulb."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

5.

What type of figurative language is this? "The chocolate cake was calling my name."

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Idiom

6.

What type of figurative language is this? "He sang at the top of his lungs.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Idiom

d)

Personification

7.

What type of figurative language is this? "Life is a roller coaster. It has its ups and downs."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

8.

If Nico wants to use a simile, which sentence should he pick?

a)

"That animal is as slow as a slug."

b)

"My quiz is taking a million years!"

c)

"Slam! Ow! The kid ran into the door."

d)

"That was a piece of cake."

9.

If Samantha wants to use a hyperbole, which sentence should she pick?

a)

"The pancake buffet was speaking my name."

b)

"Oooh! Aaah! Everyone was in awe while looking at the exhibit."

c)

"That track was a million miles long."

d)

"Ally likes awesome aardvarks and abnormal alligators."

10.

If Olivia wants to use a metaphor, which sentence should she pick?

a)

"My friend dances like a professional!"

b)

"The night sky is a blanket of stars."

c)

"Better late than never!"

d)

"Lucky Lucy looks at leprechauns."

11.

If Bailey wants to use a personification, which sentence should she pick?

a)

"That cup of fresh lemonade is staring at me, calling me to it."

b)

"Boom! AHH! The explosive went off!"

c)

"She is as sly as a fox."

d)

"Clouds are endless shapes."

12.

Tessa is writing a story. She wants to use figurative language to add excitement. She is planning to use as much idioms as possible. Select all idioms that Tessa can use.

a)

"That test was a piece of cake!"

b)

"I am as smart as an owl."

c)

"The dark, eerie forest was howling at me."

d)

"Break a leg!"

e)

"Speaking of the devil."