Figurative Language Quiz

This car is faster than the speed of light

is an example of...

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What is a simile?

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• A comparison without using "like" or "as"

• Giving an inhuman object human qualities

• A figure of speech with a non-literal and literal meaning

My alarm clock yells at me every morning

is an example of...

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

As cool as a cucumber is an example of...

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

He has an Achillies heel is an example of...

• A metephor

• A idiom

• Personification

• An allusion

What two things are being compared in this simile?

Sophie was as flexible as Simone Biles

• Sophie and flexible

• Sophie and Simone Biles

• Simone Biles and flexible

• Simone Biles and Sophie

Burt is a human fish!

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

• simile

Life is like a chance wheel is an example of...

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

What is an allusion?

• A comparison using like or as

• Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman object

• A comparison without using like or as

• A reference

the hospital was refrigerator

is a ...

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• an allusion