Figurative Language in Drama Quiz with Answers: Grade 8 ELA

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🎭 Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as." Example: "Her voice was as smooth as silk."
• 🔥 Metaphor: A direct comparison where one thing is said to be another. Example: "The world is a stage."
• 🗣️ Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things. Example: "The wind whispered secrets."
• ⬆️ Hyperbole: An exaggeration for emphasis or effect. Example: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
• 🤫 Understatement: Presenting something as less significant than it is. Example: "It's just a scratch" (when it's a deep wound).
• 🔊 Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds. Example: "Buzz," "Hiss," "Pop."
• ✍️ Imagery: Descriptive language that appeals to the senses. Example: "The golden sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky with hues of orange and purple."

📝 Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
   1. Her eyes were the stars.
   2. He is a lion on the battlefield.
   3. The snow is like a white blanket.
   4. The sun smiled down on us.
2. "The car coughed and sputtered down the road" is an example of what?
   1. Metaphor
   2. Personification
   3. Hyperbole
   4. Simile
3. Identify the sentence that contains hyperbole.
   1. I've told you a million times!
   2. The flowers danced in the breeze.
   3. He ran as fast as a cheetah.
   4. The kettle whistled on the stove.
4. Which figurative language device uses the phrase 'a sea of troubles'?
   1. Simile
   2. Metaphor
   3. Personification
   4. Onomatopoeia
5. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "The door groaned open."?
   1. Simile
   2. Metaphor
   3. Personification
   4. Hyperbole
6. Which of these sentences uses onomatopoeia?
   1. The leaves whispered in the wind.
   2. The bacon sizzled in the pan.
   3. Time is a thief.
   4. She was as quiet as a mouse.
7. Identify the sentence that uses understatement.
   1. Winning the lottery is a little bit lucky.
   2. I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
   3. The sun was a giant ball of fire in the sky.
   4. He is as brave as a lion.