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Figurative Language Practice for CFA

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“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?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

e)

Idiom

2.

“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?

a)

sun and west

b)

sun and world

c)

sun and gold

d)

sun and sill

3.

"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?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

e)

Idiom

4.

"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?

a)

sun and a toddler

b)

sun and bed

c)

toddler and bed

d)

toddler and light

5.

I was so tired, that the bed hugged me and wouldn’t let go.


What is the figurative language?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Allusion

d)

Metaphor

e)

Personification

6.

She knows her part by heart.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Allusion

7.

The gloomy sky reminds me of Eeyore.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Idiom

8.

It's so cold outside that I am going to die.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Idiom

9.

I am feeling under the weather.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Idiom

10.

The sunflowers smiled as I strolled along the sidewalk.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion

11.

Pull yourself together.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Idiom

12.

The last straw

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Idiom

e)

Simile