Figurative Language Quiz

The clock ticked impatiently, urging me to hurry.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

• Oxymoron

• Chiasmus

• Alliteration

Her eyes were windows to her soul.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Synecdoche

I can't wait to see you in the spring, when everything comes to life again.

• Anaphora

• Euphemism

• Allusion

The classroom was a zoo.

• Metonymy

• Simile

• Metaphor

The wind howled through the night.

• Personification

• Assonance

• Irony

She is as brave as a lion.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Chiasmus

He has a heart of stone.

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Synecdoche

The pen is mightier than the sword.

• Metonymy

• Irony

• Synecdoche

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up.

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

• Consonance