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WorksheetsFigurative Language Review
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Example: "If I can't get the new iPhone, I will die."
a)
irony
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
2.
Example: "This car goes faster than the speed of light."
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
irony
d)
metaphor
3.
Example: "Don't be such a Scrooge with your money."
a)
alliteration
b)
pun
c)
allusion
d)
metaphor
4.
a humorous play on the double meaning of related words
a)
simile
b)
pun
c)
allusion
d)
irony
5.
Example: "That lesson was as clear as mud."
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
pun
d)
irony
6.
Example: "The sky was a canvas painted with all the colors of the rainbow."
a)
hyperbole
b)
allusion
c)
metaphor
d)
pun
7.
a word that imitates the sound it represents
a)
assonance
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
8.
the use of words that mean the opposite of what one really intends
a)
pun
b)
simile
c)
irony
d)
hyperbole
9.
Example: "Both bees and buzzers buzz."
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
juxtaposition
d)
hyperbole
10.
A comparison using "like" or "as"
a)
pun
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
allusion
11.
Example: "She is the apple of my eye."
a)
allusion
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
pun
12.
Example: "Lightning danced across the sky."
a)
personification
b)
juxtaposition
c)
assonance
d)
alliteration
13.
repetition of the beginning sound of two or more neighboring words
a)
assonance
b)
allusion
c)
alliteration
d)
irony
14.
the use of deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
a)
pun
b)
irony
c)
simille
d)
hyperbole
15.
giving an object or animal attributes that are human (i.e. feelings, thoughts, or attitudes)
a)
juxtaposition
b)
assonance
c)
alliteration
d)
personification
16.
Example: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
a)
allusion
b)
metaphor
c)
juxtaposition
d)
alliteration
17.
a comparison without using "like" or "as"
a)
pun
b)
simile
c)
allusion
d)
metaphor
18.
Example: "Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name."
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
assonance
d)
juxtaposition
19.
Example: "There is darkness and light within all of us."
a)
metaphor
b)
allusion
c)
juxtaposition
d)
alliteration
20.
Example: "I failed the exam. That's just perfect."
a)
simile
b)
pun
c)
irony
d)
allusion
21.
Example: "I was struggling to figure out how lightning works. Then it struck me."
a)
simile
b)
allusion
c)
irony
d)
pun
22.
a reference made to something that is not directly mentioned
a)
alliteration
b)
pun
c)
allusion
d)
simile
23.
Example: "My grandmother is as blind as a bat."
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
irony
d)
pun
24.
Example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
a)
alliteration
b)
irony
c)
juxtaposition
d)
allusion
25.
the placement of two contrasted ideas closely together
a)
alliteration
b)
juxtaposition
c)
metaphor
d)
allusion
26.
Example: "My siblings and I fight like cats and dogs."
a)
pun
b)
assonance
c)
simile
d)
irony
27.
Example: "The light of the fire is a sight."
a)
pun
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
assonance
28.
Example: "Your backyard is a Garden of Eden."
a)
irony
b)
pun
c)
allusion
d)
metaphor
29.
Example: "The clanging pots and pans woke up the baby."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbole
30.
Example: "Go slow over the road."
a)
irony
b)
allusion
c)
assonance
d)
simile
31.
the repetition of a vowel sound within two or more neighboring words
a)
pun
b)
simile
c)
assonance
d)
irony
32.
Example: "she sells sea shells by the sea shore"
a)
juxtaposition
b)
irony
c)
allusion
d)
alliteration
33.
Example: "I've been to the dentist many times, so I know the drill."
a)
simile
b)
irony
c)
pun
d)
allusion
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