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Which subjectLiterature
What age groupYear or Grade 7
What topicHyperbole, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, simile and personification
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Literature Quiz: Figurative Language

Instructions

Read each question carefully and choose the correct answer that identifies the type of figurative language used in the example provided. Select the best option from the answers given.

Questions

  1. "The sun smiled down on us."

    • A. Simile
    • B. Personification
    • C. Metaphor
    • D. Hyperbole
  2. "Her heart raced like a speeding train."

    • A. Personification
    • B. Simile
    • C. Alliteration
    • D. Onomatopoeia
  3. "It was so hot, I thought I would melt!"

    • A. Metaphor
    • B. Hyperbole
    • C. Idiom
    • D. Simile
  4. "He is a lion in battle."

    • A. Simile
    • B. Alliteration
    • C. Hyperbole
    • D. Metaphor
  5. "Buzz, buzz went the bee."

    • A. Metaphor
    • B. Onomatopoeia
    • C. Idiom
    • D. Personification
  6. "Time is a thief."

    • A. Simile
    • B. Idiom
    • C. Metaphor
    • D. Hyperbole
  7. "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."

    • A. Personification
    • B. Onomatopoeia
    • C. Alliteration
    • D. Simile
  8. "The alarm clock rang loudly, waking the whole house."

    • A. Hyperbole
    • B. Idiom
    • C. Onomatopoeia
    • D. Simile
  9. "It felt like a million years waiting for the bus."

    • A. Hyperbole
    • B. Personification
    • C. Idiom
    • D. Metaphor
  10. "The wind whispered through the trees."

    • A. Personification
    • B. Simile
    • C. Hyperbole
    • D. Alliteration
  11. "He runs faster than lightning."

    • A. Simile
    • B. Metaphor
    • C. Idiom
    • D. Alliteration
  12. "She is drowning in a sea of sadness."

    • A. Idiom
    • B. Simile
    • C. Hyperbole
    • D. Metaphor
  13. "The leaves danced in the wind."

    • A. Personification
    • B. Simile
    • C. Alliteration
    • D. Onomatopoeia
  14. "I’m all ears!"

    • A. Idiom
    • B. Personification
    • C. Hyperbole
    • D. Metaphor
  15. "The stars are diamonds in the sky."

    • A. Simile
    • B. Personification
    • C. Metaphor
    • D. Hyperbole
  16. "The thunder rumbled like a hungry giant."

    • A. Simile
    • B. Onomatopoeia
    • C. Idiom
    • D. Hyperbole
  17. "The pig squealed loudly when it saw the food."

    • A. Alliteration
    • B. Onomatopoeia
    • C. Hyperbole
    • D. Simile
  18. "The chocolate cake is calling my name."

    • A. Idiom
    • B. Personification
    • C. Metaphor
    • D. Simile
  19. "He is a walking encyclopedia."

    • A. Hyperbole
    • B. Metaphor
    • C. Simile
    • D. Alliteration
  20. "The flames danced in the fireplace."

    • A. Personification
    • B. Hyperbole
    • C. Simile
    • D. Metaphor

Correct Answers

  1. B
  2. B
  3. B
  4. D
  5. B
  6. C
  7. C
  8. C
  9. A
  10. A
  11. A
  12. D
  13. A
  14. A
  15. C
  16. A
  17. B
  18. B
  19. B
  20. A