Figurative Language Quiz Practice

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

• personification
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

Running a marathon was her Mt. Everest.

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

"Clang! Clang!" came from the old washing machine.

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

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

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Coffee shops in Seattle are a dime a dozen.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• personification

He attracted girls like honey attracted flies.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

If you want me to help you, you're barking up the wrong tree.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

The meat sizzled and crackled as I laid it into a hot pan.

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Their argument was a tough stain on their relationship.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personfication