Figurative Devices Test

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

"Crack" went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

We ate cat fish for dinner

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during the awards ceremony.

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Personification

Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer's body.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Simile