WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
idiom
d)
personification
2.
John’s answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution.
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
3.
The promise between us was a delicate flower.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
metphor
d)
simile
4.
Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
5.
This job is the cancer of my dreams and aspirations.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
6.
The handshake felt like warm laundry.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
7.
They children ran like ripples through water.
a)
simile
b)
idiom
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbole
8.
I dream of silent verses where the rhyme glides noiseless as an oar.
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
9.
The cabin windows have grown blank as eyeballs of the dead.
a)
metaphor
b)
idiom
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
10.
Dance as dust before the sun, light of foot and unconfined.
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
simile
11.
Our vacuum hums a happy tune while it cleans.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
12.
Time flies and waits for no one.
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
personification
13.
Hail pounded the houses and streets.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
14.
Winter’s icy grip caused people to shudder.
a)
hyperbole
b)
idiom
c)
personification
d)
simile
15.
The door protested as it opened slowly.
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
simile
16.
Christmas will never come.
a)
idiom
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
17.
Vanessa never has anything interesting to say.
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
idiom
18.
The whole world was staring at me.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbole
19.
The package took forever to arrive in the mail.
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
idiom
20.
My eyes widened at the sight of the mile-high ice cream cones we were having for dessert.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
21.
Her heels clacked on the hardwood floor.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
22.
We roasted marshmallows over the crackling fire.
a)
metaphor
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
23.
That cat will keep meowing until you pet it.
a)
idiom
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
24.
He had a chip on his shoulder.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
25.
The ball is in your court now.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
26.
Please stop beating around the bush and just tell me!
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
27.
Maybe her sickness was a blessing in disguise.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
28.
That shirt cost an arm and a leg.
a)
hyperbole
b)
idiom
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
29.
That way you can kill two birds with one stone.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
idiom
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