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Figurative Language

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Snap, crackle, and pop are examples of __________________.
a)
Alliteration 
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Imagery
d)
Onomatopoeia
2.
"I said a hip hop 
Hippie to the hippie 
The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop" (The Sugarhill Gang)
is an example of __________________________.
a)
Symbolism
b)
Assonance
c)
Alliteration 
d)
Allusion 
3.
This meme has a ___________________ in it.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile 
c)
Imagery
d)
Personification 
4.
The wind was so strong that the shutters were flapping on the windows of the yellow dilapidated house, and the leaves were stirring in a circle making a small vortex of red, yellow, and brown in the front yard. 
a)
Alliteration 
b)
Imagery
c)
Hyperbole 
d)
Metaphor
5.
"Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese" is an example of ______________________________.
a)
Assonance
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Alliteration 
6.
The leaves danced to the whistle of the wind.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Allusion
c)
Symbolism
d)
Personification 
7.
"See you later, Alligator."
"In a while, crocodile."
These are both examples of ____________________.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Alliteration
c)
Assonance
d)
Onomatopoeia
8.
“The side lines is lined with casualties
Who sip the life casually, then gradually become worse
Don’t bite the apple, Eve" (Jay Z)
These lines contain  ________________________.
a)
Allusion 
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Onomatopoeia
9.
My grandma is older than dirt.
a)
Personification 
b)
Symbolism
c)
Imagery
d)
Hyperbole
10.
"Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth" (Katy Perry)
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Allusion
d)
Symbolism
11.
BONUS: "All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players; / they have their exits and their entrances; / And one man in his time plays many parts"  (Shakespeare)
a)
Allusion
b)
Rhyme
c)
Symbolism
d)
Simile