Figurative Language Quiz

The sky was angry with dark storm clouds in the distance.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

The sky isn't a person who can be angry. Personification is giving non-human things, human emotions and qualities.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Her hair was a puffy, white cloud.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Metaphor is comparing two things without using like or as. You are comparing a mountain to running a marathon.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Hummingbird wings seem to move a million times a second.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Hyperbole is an exaggeration. The hummingbird's wings didn't literally flap a million times.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

 I waited in line at the ticket counter for a million years.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Hyperbole is an exaggeration. You didn't literally wait for a million years!

The snow was a white blanket over the town.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

An Idiom is a saying in the English language. "A dime a dozen" is a common phrase meaning they are really common or around a lot.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He attracted girls like honey attracted flies.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Similes are comparing using like or as. You are comparing him to honey.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The telephone yelled for me to answer it.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Idioms are common phrases in the English language. "Barking up the wrong tree" means you're asking the wrong person.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

She finished the video game so quickly that it knocked my socks off.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Hyperboles are exaggerations. Your socks did not literally fly off your feet because of how quickly she finished the game.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The chocolate cake called to me, begging me to eat it.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Personification is giving non-human things human like qualities. The chocolate cake does not have a mouth and could not literally call out to you.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Bill is a couch potato.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Metaphor is comparing two things without using like or as. You are comparing their argument to a stain.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D