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WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
a)
Idiom
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
2.
Exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally
a)
Personification
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Simile
3.
A phrase that means something different that its individual words seem to mean
a)
Idiom
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
4.
Compares two things without like or as
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
5.
Describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Idiom
d)
Verbal Irony
6.
Comparison between two things using like or as
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Idiom
7.
When speakers say the opposite of what they mean to be funny or make a point
a)
Metaphor
b)
Idiom
c)
Personification
d)
Verbal Irony
8.
a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
a)
Alliteration
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Onomotopeia
9.
repeating word or phrase for emphasis
a)
allusion
b)
personification
c)
idiom
d)
repetition
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