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Figurative Language

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“As brave as a lion” is an example of ...

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

2.

"Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks" is an example of ...

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

3.

“I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me” is an example of ....

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

irony

d)

imagery

4.

Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"

a)

hyperbole

b)

irony

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

5.

“The moon played hide and seek with the clouds” is an example of ...

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

6.

“I am so hungry I could eat a horse” is an example of ...

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

irony

d)

sarcasm

7.

"Bang" and"Boom" are examples of ...

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

alliteration

d)

imagery

8.

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of ...

a)

alliteration

b)

repetition

c)

rhyme

d)

assonance

9.

"A horse is a horse, of course, of course,

And no one can talk to a horse of course" is an example of ...

a)

repetition

b)

personification

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

imagery

10.

“Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are”

is an example of ...

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

alliteration

d)

rhyme