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An LA Quiz to review simile, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, and idiom
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The boy swings through the branches of the tree like a monkey in search of bananas.
idiom
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
2
My aunt Martha has a green thumb; every plant flourishes in her care.
idiom
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
3
The bus ride to school seemed 12 hours long.
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
4
Have you seen the new kid? He's gotta be ten feet tall!
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
idiom
5
The boom of the cannon echoed over the battlefield.
idiom
metaphor
onomatopoeia
simile
6
The lightning crackled in the distance in the sky.
personification
metaphor
onomatopoeia
idiom
7
Before his coffee, my father growls in the morning like an angry bear.
personification
idiom
simile
hyperbole
8
The teacher yelled, “Stop all that monkey business!”
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
9
My mom is the glue that keeps our family together.
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
idiom
10
The fire roared in anger, its flames towering toward the sky.
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
simile
personification
11
My mother always told me that I was the apple of her eye.
simile
idiom
hyperbole
personification
12
Mr. Caldwell prowls the halls like a lion seeking prey.
hyperbole
personification
idiom
simile
13
The classroom was a tornado of confusion.
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
idiom
14
My pencil smiled with glee when I finished writing my poem.
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
15
The sun smiled down upon us, covering us in her blanket of warmth.
idiom
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
16
Her hand went smack across his cheek.
onomatopoeia
personification
idiom
simile
17
I bet I will gain 24 pounds this Thanksgiving.
hyperbole
personification
idiom
metaphor
18
She chewed her gum like a cow chomping grass.
idiom
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
19
Sarah is a ray of sunshine on a gloomy day.
hyperbole
personification
idiom
metaphor
20
Were your ears burning? We were just talking about you.
onomatopoeia
metaphor
personification
idiom
21
Tlot, tlot went the horses’ hooves over the cobblestone pavement.
idiom
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
metaphor
22
The chair moaned when I sat down upon it, its cushions flattening in pain.
idiom
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
23
On the track, he is a cheetah chasing down his prey.
personification
metaphor
onomatopoeia
simile
24
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
idiom
25
My math teacher gave me 842 hours of homework last night!
idiom
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
