1. Who wants to be a millionaire?
Figurative Language

2. Giving something human qualities.
A. Personification
B. Idiom
C. Alliteration
D. Hyperbole

3. A. Personification

4. Compares two different things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Alliteration
D. Hyperbole

5. A. Metaphor

6. Compares two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Simile
C. Alliteration
D. None of the Above

7. B. Simile

8. Extreme exaggeration of something.
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Idiom
C. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole

9. D. Hyperbole

10. The repetition of the same sound or syllable in a sentence.
A. Idiom
B. Simile
C. Alliteration
D. Hyperbole

11. C. Alliteration

12. The meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words used.
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Idiom
C. Metaphor
D. Personification

13. B. Idiom

14. “I could eat a horse” is an example of:
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole

15. D. Hyperbole

16. “My computer hates me” is an example of:
A. Idiom
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Simile
D. Personification

17. D. Personification

18. “Her hands are as cold as ice” is an example of:
A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Metaphor
D. Simile

19. D. Simile

20. “Amy is a walking encyclopaedia” is an example of:
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Idiom
D. None of the Above

21. A. Metaphor

22. “Buzz” is an example of:
A. Personification
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Hyperbole
D. Simile

23. B. Onomatopoeia

24. “The raindrops danced on the roof of the house” is an example of:
A. Alliteration
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Personification
D. Idiom

25. C. Personification

26. “You’ll have to use a lot of elbow grease to get that floor clean” is an example of:
A. Simile
B. Idiom
C. Alliteration
D. Metaphor

27. B. Idiom

28. “Wendy wondered where Wally was hiding” is an example of:
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Personification
C. Alliteration
D. Metaphor

29. C. Alliteration

30. “The students were required to take a test
“The students were required to take a test. Evelyn did not study for the test, instead she played games on her Xbox. After the test she told her friends that she had passed by the skin of her teeth” What does passed by the skin of her teeth mean?
A. It means that she failed the test
B. It means that she only just passed the test
C. It means that she got a really good score on the test
D. It means that she has skin on her teeth

31. B. It means that she only just passed the test

32. What is “passed by the skin of her teeth” an example of?
A. An Idiom
B. A metaphor
C. personification
D. Simile

33. A. An Idiom

34. “BANG” is an example of what type of figurative language?
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration

35. C. Onomatopoeia

36. Carla told her friend Joshua what she was buying her mother for her birthday. “Shh!” she told him, “you have to keep it a secret”. However Joshua let the cat out of the bag when he saw Carla’s mother. What does “let the cat out of the bag” mean?
A. It means that Joshua freed a cat that was trapped in a bag
B. It means that Carla bought her mother a cat for her birthday
C. It means that Joshua didn’t keep Carla’s secret.
D. None of the Above

37. C. It means that Joshua didn’t keep Carla’s secret

38. “Let the cat out of the bag” is an example of:
A. Simile
B. Idiom
C. Alliteration
D. Simile

39. B.Idiom

40. “If I keep eating I will get as big as a house. ” exclaimed Corey
“If I keep eating I will get as big as a house!” exclaimed Corey. What type of figurative language is used here?
A. Alliteration
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. None of the Above

41. C. Hyperbole

42. Yasmine was as busy as a bee when she was planning her birthday party
Yasmine was as busy as a bee when she was planning her birthday party. What example of figurative language is in the sentence above?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Simile

43. D. Simile

44. Connor jumped when the door slammed shut. BANG
Connor jumped when the door slammed shut. BANG! The loud noise frightened him and he tripped and fell over. His face turned as white as paper when he saw that he had cut himself on a sharp rock. There are two examples of figurative language in the story above, what types are they?
Onomatopoeia and Simile
Metaphor and Simile
C. Hyperbole and Metaphor
D. Metaphor and Onomatopoeia

45. A. Onomatopoeia and Simile

46. “Sally sighed softly” is an example of what type of figurative language?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Idiom
C. Hyperbole
D. Alliteration

47. D. Alliteration

48. “Her hair is as smooth as silk” is an example of what type of figurative language?
A. Metaphor
B. Idiom
C. Hyperbole
D. Simile

49. D. Simile

50. “She has a sea of problems” is an example of what type of figurative language?
A. Metaphor
B. Hyperbole
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration

51. A. Metaphor

52. “SNAP” is an example of what type of figurative language?
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration

53. C. Onomatopoeia

54. “The raindrops are little feet dancing on my roof” is an example of what type of figurative language?
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Personification

55. A. Metaphor

56. “It is raining like cats and dogs” is an example of what type of figurative language?
A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Idiom

57. A. Idiom

58. “The girl is a fish in the water” is an example of what type of figurative language?
A. Idiom
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Alliteration

59. C. Metaphor