Grade 8 ELA test questions on simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole

📚 Understanding Figurative Language for Grade 8 ELA

• ✨ Simile: Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as." Example: Her smile was as bright as the sun.
• 💡 Metaphor: Compares two unlike things directly, stating one is the other, without "like" or "as." Example: The classroom was a zoo.
• 🎭 Personification: Giving human qualities or actions to inanimate objects or animals. Example: The wind whispered secrets through the trees.
• exaggerated for emphasis or effect. Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

📝 Practice Quiz: Figurative Language Challenge

1. Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "The snow was a white blanket covering the town"?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole

2. Identify the figurative language in: "The old house groaned in the wind."
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole

3. "Her eyes sparkled like diamonds." This sentence contains an example of:
A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Simile
D. Hyperbole

4. What type of figurative language is demonstrated in: "I've told you a million times to clean your room!"?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole

5. In the phrase "The car coughed and sputtered before finally starting," what figurative language is used?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole

6. "The politician's speech was fire." This is an example of a:
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole

7. Which sentence uses hyperbole?
A. The moon smiled down on the sleepy town.
B. He runs as fast as a cheetah.
C. Her backpack weighed a ton.
D. Life is a journey, not a destination.