Figurative Language Identification

Question 1

“Oh, by the way, I cut off my ear yesterday, so I might be a little deaf.”

Answer 1

Understatement

Question 2

She was a good samaritan when she helped the crippled lady.

Answer 2

Allusion

Question 3

Blow winds, blow!

Answer 3

Apostrophe

Question 4

Oh, nature, thou art my goddess!

Answer 4

Apostrophe

Question 5

The more you fail, the more likely you are to succeed.

Answer 5

Paradox

Question 6

The professional scammer hates lying.

Answer 6

Irony

Question 7

Looks like it rained a bit last night…

Answer 7

Understatement

Question 8

This pilot has a fear of heights!

Answer 8

Irony

Question 9

I silently screamed for peace, as my siblings had been arguing for the past 20 minutes.

Answer 9

Oxymoron

Question 10

I ate some salty strawberry salsa.

Answer 10

Alliteration

Question 11

The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know.

Answer 11

Paradox

Question 12

Pow!

Answer 12

Onomatopoeia

Question 13

I ate some bittersweet chocolate.

Answer 13

Oxymoron

Question 14

The house is as clean as a whistle!

Answer 14

Simile

Question 15

They fought like cats and dogs!

Answer 15

Simile

Question 16

And all the world’s a stage!

Answer 16

Metaphor

Question 17

You are my sunshine.

Answer 17

Metaphor

Question 18

Boom!

Answer 18

Onomatopoeia

Question 19

Chocolate cake is my Achilles’ heel.

Answer 19

Allusion

Question 20

The grey clouds cried an enormous amount of tears.

Answer 20

Personification

Question 21

Mike’s bike has bright white stripes.

Answer 21

Assonance

Question 22

The rain in Spain falls mainly on its plains.

Answer 22

Assonance

Question 23

Mike likes his new bike.

Answer 23

Consonance

Question 24

I swore I could have seen the stars winking at my face.

Answer 24

Personification

Question 25

Little Red Riding Hood slept soundly in the bed.

Answer 25

Consonance

Question 26

Her smile was a mile wide!

Answer 26

Hyperbole

Question 27

Fair is foul and foul is fair, hovering through the fog and filthy air.

Answer 27

Alliteration

Question 28

For the first time in forever, there’ll be music, there’ll be light, for the first time in forever, I’ll be dancing through the night.

Answer 28

Repetition

Question 29

This project is going to take me years to finish!

Answer 29

Hyperbole

Question 30

The trees rustled as the wind went through the forest.

Answer 30

Imagery

Question 31

My toes went numb and a shiver ran down my body as I stepped into the cold river.

Answer 31

Imagery

Question 32

We could’ve had it all, had it all, had it all.

Answer 32

Repetition

Question 33

Swimming in the sea is so much fun!

Answer 33

Gerund -> Swimming

Question 34

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall!

Answer 34

Rhythym

Question 35

Break a leg!

Answer 35

Idiom

Question 36

First I saw the white bear, then I saw the black. Then I saw the camel with a hump upon his back.

Answer 36

Rhythym

Question 37

His biggest fear is driving on the highways.

Answer 37

Gerund -> Driving

Question 38

I love eating spicy food.

Answer 38

Literal

Question 39

I came from a very cold place in Russia.

Answer 39

Literal

Question 40

This assignment is a piece of cake!

Answer 40

Idiom