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Figures of Speech

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

2.

Life is a beach!

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

3.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

4.

The river falls under us like a trap door.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Onomatopoeia

5.

I’m so hungry I could eat a horse

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

6.

“Don’t delay dawn’s disarming display.

Dusk demands daylight.”

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

7.

I’ve heard that joke a billion times, but it still cracks me up!

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

8.

The glass vase is as fragile as a child’s sandcastle.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

9.

The buzzing bee startled me!

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Metaphor

10.

She looked at him with fire in her eyes.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

11.

The sun draped its arms around my shoulders

a)

Personification

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Metaphor