Basic Figurative Language Practice #1

He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Hyperbole is...

• An exaggeration

• A comparison saying that one thing is another thing

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive

Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

The sun was beating down on me.

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

I'd rather take baths
with a man-eating shark,
or wrestle a lion
alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework,
my teacher assigns. 

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

A simile is...

• An exaggeration

• A comparison saying that one thing is another thing

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive

Ravenous and savage
from its long
polar journey,

the North Wind

is searching
for food— 

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

She sat in the library as quiet and timid as a mouse.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

That soccer player is a rhino trampling over his opponents.

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor