Figurative Language Quiz

Directions: Complete the sentence so that it uses personification.

The washing machine _________________ when Sandra overloaded the laundry.

• Broke

• Complained

• Stopped

• Worked

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Directions: Complete the sentence so that it uses personification.

The house was ___________ when the family moved across town.

• Empty

• Dirty

• Upset

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Directions: Match each example to the figurative language it uses.

That is the sweetest puppy I have ever seen, I could just die!

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Directions: Match each example to the figurative language it uses.

The airplane went right by my house and I heard a loud boom!

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Directions: Match each example to the figurative language it uses.

Her voice sounded like tires screeching on the road.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Directions: Match each example to the figurative language it uses.

The tree moaned in agony as its branch snapped.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Directions: Match each example to the figurative language it uses.

The snow whispered secrets through the trees.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Directions: Match each example to the figurative language it uses.

With the air conditioner on, my room was a freezer.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Directions: Match each example to the figurative language it uses.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Directions: Please select the best description of the difference between a simile and metaphor.

• A simile and metaphor are both a figure of speech that compares two things. However, a simile uses "like" or "as"

• A metaphor does not use "like" or "as"

• A simile compares using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D