Figurative Language Quiz

Simile: What is a comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'?

• Analogy

• Allegory

• Metaphor

• Simile

Simile: Complete the simile: 'As brave as a...'?

• lion

• cow

• rock

• butterfly

Metaphor: What is a figure of speech that directly compares two unrelated things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Metaphor: Complete the metaphor: 'The world is a...'?

• The world is a potato.

• The world is a stage.

• The world is a fish.

• The world is a shoe.

Personification: What is giving human qualities to non-human things or animals?

• Objectification

• Anthropomorphism

• Personification

• Animalization

Personification: Complete the sentence: 'The flowers danced in the...'?

• dark

• snow

• breeze

• rain

Hyperbole: What is an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Understatement

• Simile

Hyperbole: Complete the hyperbole: 'I'm so hungry, I could eat a...'?

• entire buffet

• horse

• elephant

• brick wall

Idiom: What is a phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its words?

• Saying

• Expression

• Idiom

• Proverb

Alliteration: What is the repetition of the same initial sound in a series of words?

• Rhyme

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile