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01/24/25 Figurative Language Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a simile?
a)
It compares two things without using "like" or "as"
b)
It compares two things using "like" or "as"
c)
An over-the-top exaggeration
2.
What is a metaphor?
a)
It compares two things without using "like" or "as"
b)
It compares two things using "like" or "as"
c)
An over-the-top exaggeration
3.
Identify the following figurative language: "She was as happy as a clam."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
4.
Identify the following figurative language: "The baby babbled like a songbird."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
5.
Identify the following figurative language: "Our dog was a speed skater on the frozen pond."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
6.
Identify the following figurative language: "Our car is a rocket on the highway when Mom drives."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
7.
My stomach did a backflip.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
8.

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

9.

Identify the figurative language.


The ball came screaming across home plate.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

10.

Identify the figurative language.


The ball came screaming across home plate.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

11.
The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.
What figure of speech is this an example of?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
12.
The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds.
What figure of speech is this?
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
13.

My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings.

The sentence is an example of

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

methphor

d)

alliteration

14.

A group of lines in a poem, separated by space is...

a)

Verse

b)

Stanza

c)

Symbolism

d)

Theme

15.

Ms. Juergens' basketballs jumped into the net.

a)

onmatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

idiom

d)

personification