Figurative Language Quiz

That flashlight went dead as a doornail right in the middle of the spooky story!

• hyperbole

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

Her costume was so scary, even the zombies ran away from her.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Bang went the coffin lid as it slammed shut.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• simile

Haunting howls echoed from the haunted hills.

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

The old house groaned as if it held secrets too heavy to bear.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

The haunted house stood as silent as a tomb.

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

The old floorboards sighed under the weight of invisible footsteps.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

The candlelight was a beacon for lost spirits, flickering in the windows.

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

The shadows danced across the graveyard, moving to the rhythm of the night.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

Scary skeletons shook and shivered under the silver moonlight.

• idiom

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole