Instruction:

Read the questions carefully and choose the best possible answer for each.
(marks: 15x2=30)

1. I was so hungry that I even ate the plate. What type of figurative language is used in this
sentence?
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) personification
D) hyperbole
2. My father was the sun and the moon to me. What type of figurative language is used in this
sentence?
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) hyperbole
D) personification
3. The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us. What type of figurative language
is used in this sentence?
A) personification
B) metaphor
C) simile
D) onomatopoeia
4. "Smash", when the cup fell off the table. What type of figurative language is used in this
sentence?
A) metaphor
B) onomatopoeia
C) hyperbole
D) personification
5. He was a library of information about baseball. What type of figurative language is used in
this sentence?
A) hyperbole
B) personification
C) simile
D) metaphor
6. The curtain was waving to everyone every time the wind blew through the open window. What
type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
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A) onomatopoeia
B) personification
C) hyperbole
D) metaphor
7. The tree shook its branches angrily. What type of figurative language is being used in this
sentence?
A) personification
B) hyperbole
C) metaphor
D) onomatopoeia

8. Drip, Drop, Drip, Drop went the rain drops falling on the roof of the house. What type of
figurative language is used in this sentence?
A) personification
B) onomatopoeia
C) alliteration
D) metaphor
9. Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open. What type of figurative
language is used in this sentence?
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) alliteration
D) hyperbole
10. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight. What type of figurative
language is used in this sentence?
A) personification
B) simile
C) metaphor
D) hyperbole
11. That movie took my breath away. What type of figurative language is usede in this sentence?
A) personification
B) idiom
C) alliteration
D) metaphor
12. Leslie said that she was in the dark about what's going on. What type of figurative language
is used in this sentence?
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A) metaphor
B) idiom
C) alliteration
D) personification
13. Teddy tiger tried tying teepees together. What type of figurative language is this sentence?
A) alliteration
B) hyperbole
C) idiom
D) onomatopoeia
14. Silly sally sang a silly summer song. What type of figurative language is this sentence?
A) idiom
B) hyperbole
C) alliteration
D) onomatopoeia
15. I like pancakes so much I could eat a million of them. What type of figurative language is
used in this sentence?
A) idiom
B) personification
C) hyperbole
D) alliteration

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

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