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Figurative Language Review

Figurative Language Class Review

A figurative phrase will pop up, you must correctly tell me what type of figurative language is being used.

Multiple Choice

"This mattress is as soft as concrete," Doug complained as he tested the bed in his hotel room.

• Simile

• Verbal Irony

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

Suzie's phone slipped out of her pocket, landing in the toilet with a plop.

• simile

• verbal irony

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.

—John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

• metaphor

• verbal irony

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

After the stock market crash, many people's financial futures went into free fall.

• alliteration

• allusion

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

From the warmth and safety of their beds, the villagers listened to the screaming storm until daybreak. Then there was silence.

• verbal irony

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

At twenty-one, Fernando felt overwhelmed with adult responsibilities and wished he could fly off to Neverland.

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

In May 2014, when wildfires threatened parts of San Diego County in California, firefighters worked around the clock in an effort to control the blaze.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Multiple Choice

Judge Taylor looked daggers at Atticus, as if daring him to speak.

—Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

• idiom

• simile

• allusion

• personification

Multiple Select

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk with. (choose the two correct answers)

• personification

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

When I was a teenager, reading was my ticket to foreign lands: I traveled to India, China, and Antarctica without ever leaving the comfort of my home.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Multiple Choice

The audience at the 2012 Olympics cheered as, with Herculean effort, Kim Un-Guk of North Korea set an Olympic record by lifting a 153-kilogram weight.

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Select

The water made a sound like kittens lapping.

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

Now that we have reviewed the different types of figurative language...

You can practice interpreting figurative language in context!

Independent Practice

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