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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

Choose the meaning for this idiom: The meeting completely slipped my mind.

a)

The meeting was cancelled.

b)

The meeting was late.

c)

I forgot to go to the meeting.

d)

I slipped and fell.

2.

Choose the correct meaning for this idiom:

Are you having second thoughts about going on vacation?

a)

Are you changing your mind about going on Vacation?

b)

Are you thinking about going to two places?

c)

Are your vacation plans coming second in order of importance?

d)

Are you thinking about going away on vacation after you plan it out?

3.

Choose the meaning of this idiom:

If you want to be an artist you should give it a shot.

a)

Take more art classes.

b)

Go to the doctor and get a flu shot.

c)

IF you think your are talented in art talk to an artist.

d)

IF you want to be an artist, work hard and try to reach that goal.

4.

Choose the meaning of this idiom:

Karen's mother baked her birthday cake from scratch.

a)

Karen had to scratch the cake.

b)

Karen's mother learned how to bake.

c)

Karen's mother made the cake from all homemade ingredients.

d)

Karen went to the bakery and bought a cake.

5.

Choose the meaning of this idiom:

I saw Mark at the store, but he gave me the cold shoulder.

a)

Mark did not talk to me or act like he knew me.

b)

Mark had a shoulder injury.

c)

IT was cold outside and Mark needed a coat.

d)

Mark did not see me and turned up his shoulders.

6.

Choose the meaning of this idiom:

You should choose friends who will stay with you through thick and thin.

a)

Choose friends that are tall and thin.

b)

Choose friends who stay in your house.

c)

Choose friends who eat thin and thick foods.

d)

Choose friends who stay with you during the good and bad times.

7.

Choose the sentence with personification.

a)

It was as heavy as a rock.

b)

His heart was a block of ice.

c)

The cup danced joyfully across the table

d)

She was as cute as a kitten!

8.

Find the sentence with hyperbole in it.

a)

It took a million years to finish my homework!

b)

The city was a jungle!

c)

She was a kite, flying high with happiness!

d)

Like a silent thief, the dog crept into the kitchen.

9.

Find the sentence with a simile.

a)

The dark, cold room was an empty tomb.

b)

The sunshine was a blanket.

c)

Susan likes labrador retrievers.

d)

My noisy sister was like a buzzing fly.

10.

FInd the sentence with personification in it.

a)

She was humming a song.

b)

The wind blew steady for three days before the hurricane hit the shore.

c)

The table fell over and broke.

d)

THe dog barked loudly at the squirrel.

11.

FInd the sentence with personification in it.

a)

I am as hungry as a bear.

b)

LIke a s silent thief, the dog crept into the kitchen.

c)

Cathy is as cute as a kitten!

d)

The stairs groaned in agony as Jim carried the heavy boxes up.

12.

Boom! Is an example of what?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

hyperbole

13.

The city was a jungle is an example of what?

a)

Metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

14.

Find the sentence with the metaphor.

a)

She was as happy as a kite on a breeze!

b)

The sky was like a huge blue blanket.

c)

My thoughts were like butterflies fluttering around in my head.

d)

THe child's tears were cold raindrops from a tiny cloud.

15.

Find the sentence with personification in it.

a)

The dog barked loudly at the squirrel.

b)

The wind blew steadily for three days.

c)

CRASH! BANG! BOOM!

d)

The soft chair wrapped its padded arms around Lisa.