Figurative Language Trivia

Choose the answer that best applies!

Round 1

What type of figurative language am I?

• Phrase with a meaning apart from the meaning of the individual words

• Words or images that represent something else

• Words that imitate sounds

• Giving human qualities to an non-living object

• An extreme exaggeration

• A comparison using “like” and “as”

• The repetition of vowel sounds

• Comparison of two unlike objects/ideas without using the words “like” or “as”

• A figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas.

• The repetition of consonant sounds

• A play on words

• A rare exception to the rule, it makes a comparison using words like “resembled”

“such as” and/or “than.”

Round 2

Pick the type of figurative language that best fits the

example

• “The man in the living room was tall as the sky.”

• “His voice rose on tides of promise and fell on waves of warnings.”

• fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks

• The clouds are as fluffy as cotton candy.

• The candlelight danced across the shadows playing on the wall.

• The snake hissed when he heard the leaves rustle and the birds chirp.

• You are the glue holding us together as a team!

• Sir Lancelot once had a very bad dream about his horse. It was a knight mare

• His touch is like caressing fire.

• We listened to the crunching of ice beneath our feet.

• You are getting on my nerves

• The cool, smooth silk robe felt nice against his skin.

Round 3

What type of figurative language am I?

• Happiness is a ray of sunshine.

• The wind whipped wildly through the willows.

• After the battle, a dove flew across the war torn land.

• The world is a stage.

• His lawyer was so smart she beat the dictionary in a spelling contest.

• “Mother was a [carefree] chick nuzzling around the large dark hens. The sounds

they made had a rich inner harmony.”

• “The cold wind had frozen my feet and my spine, and Mr. Taylor’s impersonation had

chilled my blood.”

• Our social studies teacher says that her globe means the world to her.

• “For nearly a year, I [sulked] around the house, the store, the school, the church,

like an old dirty biscuit, dirty and uneatable.”

• He was so mad, his blood boiled.

• Morning is a new sheet of paper for you to write on.

• “Silent and soft and slow/Descends the snow”

Round 4

What type of figurative language am I?

• “Back he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the wind.”

• “A creeping, colored caterpillar”

• “And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled,/Like a candle flame where salt is

sprinkled”

• The fly buzzed across the room.

• The hostages had hope when they saw an eagle fly over them.

• The bows glided down, and the coast/Blackened with birds took a last look

• Two peanuts were walking through the park. One of them was assaulted.

• “One fish, two fish. Red fish, blue fish.” -Dr. Seuss

• All natural artificial flavor

• The flowers were suffering from the intense heat.

• A snail wants to buy a fast car because snails are typically slow creatures. So, he buys a car and paints the letter ‘S’ on it. Driving fast, he passes some ducks and

one yells “look at that ‘S’ car go!”

• An unbiased opinion

Game Over

Study Hard Tonight!