Figurative Language Test

My hands were icicles because of the cold weather.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• euphemism

• simile

Quack, quack, went the ducks as we through them our bread.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• euphemism

He gave his girlfriend two dozen roses and she knew he loved her.

• symbolism

• simile

• metaphor

• euphemism

He told his date that he had limited funds and asked her to pay to dinner.

• euphemism

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

The wind sang softly through the trees like a lullaby.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• symbolism

Pick three: My hands were icicles because of the cold weather and would remain frightfully frozen forever.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• allusion

• simile

Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

It was so cold outside, I saw polar bears wearing parkas and sitting by a fire.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• allusion

1. Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Margie's monkeys got mohawks yesterday.

• alliteration

• simile

• symbolism

• allusion