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WorksheetsFigurative Language Practice for CFA
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
“The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid near and nearer the sill of the world.” What figurative language is used?
Hyperbole
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“The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid near and nearer the sill of the world.” What two things are being compared?
sun and west
sun and world
sun and gold
sun and sill
"The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light.” What figurative language is used here?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
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Idiom
"The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light.” What two things are being compared?
sun and a toddler
sun and bed
toddler and bed
toddler and light
I was so tired, that the bed hugged me and wouldn’t let go.
What is the figurative language?
Hyperbole
Simile
Allusion
Metaphor
Personification
She knows her part by heart.
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Metaphor
Idiom
Allusion
The gloomy sky reminds me of Eeyore.
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Metaphor
Allusion
Idiom
It's so cold outside that I am going to die.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Allusion
Idiom
I am feeling under the weather.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Idiom
The sunflowers smiled as I strolled along the sidewalk.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Allusion
Pull yourself together.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
The last straw
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Metaphor
Allusion
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