Figurative Language Quiz

1. Draw a line to match the description to the correct figurative language term.

• simile an exaggeration

a word that sounds like the thing or action

• metaphor
it is describing

to give human characteristics to an object

• personification
or an animal

• idiom to compare two items using “like” or “as”

a comparison where one thing is said to

• hyperbole
be another

a phrase that means something other than

• onomatopoeia
its literal meaning

2. Label the sentence with the correct figurative language term.

hyperbole personification idiom

The two sisters were attached at the hip.

“Your backpack weighs a ton!” said Tristan.

The bed groaned when she lay down.

3. Complete the simile.

Christopher was as quiet as  .

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 Figurative Language Quiz Answers
1. Draw a line to match the description to the correct figurative language term.

• simile an exaggeration

a word that sounds like the thing or action

• metaphor
it is describing

to give human characteristics to an object or

• personification
an animal

• idiom to compare two items using “like” or “as”

a comparison where one thing is said to

• hyperbole
be another

a phrase that means something other than

• onomatopoeia
its literal meaning

2. Label the sentence with the correct figurative language term.

idiom The two sisters were attached at the hip.

hyperbole “Your backpack weighs a ton!” said Tristan.

personification The bed groaned when she lay down.

3. Complete the simile.

Accept any answers that demonstrate understanding of how a simile is formed.
Answers may include: Christopher was as quiet as a mouse; Christopher was
as quiet as a whisper; Christopher was as quiet as a sleeping puppy.

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