Simile vs Metaphor
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- Q1
Which type of figurative language is the following sentence? "That test was a piece of cake!"
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
30s - Q2
What is the meaning of "That test was a piece of cake?"
The test was easy
The test was hard
The test was long
The test was about cake
30s - Q3
What is "Ben is as tall as a building"?
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
30s - Q4
What is "She can be a snail sometimes"?
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Hyperbole
30s - Q5
What is the meaning behind "She can be a snail sometimes"?
She is fast
She is a snail
She likes snails
She can be slow
30s - Q6
What is "The pool was as cold as a blizzard in January"?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
30s - Q7
What two things are being compared in "The pool was as cold as a blizzard in January!"?
January and blizzard
January and cold
Cold and blizzard
Pool and blizzard
30s - Q8
Which type of figurative language is the following sentence? "He's like Spellcheck on a computer."
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Allusion
30s - Q9
Which type of figurative language is the following sentence? "She is a bolt of lightning."
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Allusion
30s - Q10
Which type of figurative language is the following sentence? "That class is a dream."
Personification
Simile
Allusion
Metaphor
30s - Q11
Which type of figurative language is the following sentence? "That test was as easy as pie!"
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
30s - Q12
Which type of figurative language is the following sentence? "That box is as light as a feather!"
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
Personification
30s - Q13
Which two things are being compared in the following sentence? "That box is as light as a feather!"
Light and feather
Box and light
Box and a feather
How light it is and a feather
30s - Q14
Which type of figurative language is the following sentence? "That test was a nightmare!"
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
30s - Q15
What is the meaning of the following sentence? "That test was a nightmare!"
The test was good
The test was easy
The test was hard
The nightmare was about a test
30s