Figurative Language
  • 1. I nearly died laughing.
A) hyperbole
B) antonym
C) synonym
D) metaphor
  • 2. The elephant was a great gray balloon.
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) hyperbole
D) simile
  • 3. The window winked at me.
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) hyperbole
D) simile
  • 4. I feel as silly as a clown.
A) antonym
B) metaphor
C) simile
D) synonym
  • 5. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
A) simile
B) personification
C) hyperbole
D) metaphor
  • 6. My dad was a grumpy old bear.
A) antonym
B) simile
C) metaphor
D) synomyn
  • 7. The star was like a diamond in the sky.
A) simile
B) personification
C) metaphor
D) hyperbole
  • 8. You could have knocked me over with a feather.
A) simile
B) personification
C) metaphor
D) hyperbole
  • 9. The light swims through my window.
A) hyperbole
B) personifcation
C) synonym
D) antonym
  • 10. The water danced in the moonlight.
A) hyperbole
B) antonym
C) synonym
D) personification
  • 11. His brain is the size of a pea.
A) hyperbole
B) antonym
C) personification
D) synonym
  • 12. Bob is such a pig.
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) hyperbole
D) personification
  • 13. His temper was as explosive as a volcano.
A) simile
B) antonym
C) synonym
D) metaphor
  • 14. After the arguement, Dave was smoldering for days.
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) hyperbole
D) simile
  • 15. These cookies taste like lumps of sand.
A) hyperbole
B) simile
C) metapor
D) personification
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