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WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
"To the swinging and the ringing of the bells, bells, bells..."
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
repetition
d)
onomatopoeia
2.
The crazy car is colorful.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
personification
d)
repetition
3.
"I like that boom boom pow..."
a)
Imagery
b)
Allliteration
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Personification
4.
The west wind dances down the road.
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Idiom
d)
Simile
5.
A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Personificati
6.
She’s as tiny as a mouse.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Simile
7.
The sun smiled after the rain stopped.
a)
Personification
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
8.
“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.
a)
Idiom
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Alliteration
d)
Oxymoron
9.
The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
10.
BAM! The door shut behind me.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
idiom
11.
"The wind stood up and gave a shout"
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
imagery
d)
onomatopoeia
12.
Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.
The city is a sea of sadness.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
13.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of:
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
14.
An endless quiet valley spreads out
Past the blue hills into the evening sky;
Past the blue hills into the evening sky;
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
15.
So I STOOD THERE LIKE A BUMP ON A LOG while they surrounded me.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
16.
He's got DARK-GOLD HAIR that he combs back---LONG AND SILKY STRAIGHT--- and in the summer in THE SUN BLEACHES IT TO A SHINING WHEAT GOLD.
a)
Imagery
b)
Allusion
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
17.
...Soda ATTRACTED GIRLS LIKE HONEY DRAWS FLIES...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Simile
18.
He was about SIX FEET TALL, STOCKY IN BUILD, and very proud of his LONG RUSTY-COLORED SIDEBURNS. He had GRAY EYES and a WIDE GRIN, and he couldn't stop making funny remarks to save his life.
a)
Imagery
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Symbolism
19.
"The golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the pale new leaves on the oak trees, coming to rest on Jessica's brown toes that were splayed in the red Georgia mud" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
a)
Idiom
b)
Imagery
c)
Assonance
d)
Metaphor
20.
"Her face was as red as a tomato" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
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