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Figurative Language Sep. 18th

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 5hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Outside, it was the first really cold night of winter, and the only fire in sight was the stars high above us and far away, glittering like ice" (93).

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

synesthesia

2.

"The city was a jungle"

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

3.

"As straight as an arrow"

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

4.
"Achooo" is an example of what?
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
simile
5.

Which type of figurative language compares two different things by suggesting that they are the same thing?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

6.
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
7.
The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. 
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
8.
An extreme exaggeration used for effect
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
9.

A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

10.
BAM!  The door shut behind me. 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
idiom
11.
I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
12.

7th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant earthquake.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

13.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
14.
The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing. 
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
15.
"Jumbo shrimp" is an example of what?
a)
Simile
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
16.

Words that imitate or sound like what they mean.

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

17.

An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or detail

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

18.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?


The students were as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

19.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?


The walker was a turtle when she made her way through the race.

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

20.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?


The heater yelled as it came on for the first time for the winter.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

21.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?


It took me a hundred years to finish all of my homework last night.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

22.

What does the sentence below actually mean?


Lightning danced across the sky.

a)

The lightning was at a dance party.

b)

The lightning was bad at dancing.

c)

There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

d)

There was no lightning in the sky.

23.

What does the sentence below actually mean?


The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

a)

The car was not starting and making noises.

b)

The car was a big complainer.

c)

The car started up perfectly normal.

d)

The car hurt the person inside.

24.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 
25.
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
a)
Her hair is red.
b)
She talks really loudly.
c)
She gets really angry. 
d)
She spits when she talks. 
26.
Why do people use figurative language?
a)
To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
b)
To be grammatically correct.
c)
To structure their writing into paragraphs.
d)
Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 
27.
What do you think the meaning of this metaphor,
"She is a walking dictionary" is? 
a)
Was is tired 
b)
She knows a lot of words
c)
She was walks around the street 
28.
When I was at Six Flags, I waited in line for years.
What figurative speech is this? 
a)
Metaphor 
b)
Personification 
c)
Hyperbole 
29.
My homework is so hard my brain is going to explode.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
30.
She is as sweet as pie!
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
31.
The flames ate hungrily at the burning houses.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
32.
Life is a journey.
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
idiom
33.
The papers jumped from Miss Clanton's desk when she opened the window.
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
euphemism
d)
metaphor
34.
Rose was a swan as she jumped into the pool.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personficiation
35.
The rain wept down the window during the storm.
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
euphemism
36.
Myra is as sharp as a tack.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
euphemism
37.
Smith was as mad as a hornet.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
euphemism
d)
alliteration
38.
The broken sink dripped and dropped all night.
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
39.
The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds.
What figure of speech is this?
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
40.

I have so much homework my backpack weighs a million pounds.

Which figurative language is this?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Personification

d)

Metaphor

41.
"I am a deeply superficial person." - Andy Warhol
What is the oxymoron in this sentence?
a)
Superficial Person
b)
I am
c)
Deeply Superficial
42.
There was such a joyful sadness in her beautiful face. What is the oxymoron?
a)
Beautiful Face
b)
Such a
c)
Joyful Sadness
d)
Beautiful 
43.
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
a)
It's a happy medium
b)
It's a sunny morning
c)
It's a calculated risk
d)
It's a great choice
44.
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
a)
I feel as though I've been buried alive in paperwork.
b)
I feel as though I have a bee in my hat.
c)
I feel as though I'm as hungry as a horse
d)
I feel as though I've met my match.
45.
Living dead
a)
Euphemism
b)
Oxymoron
46.

It wasn't too neighborly when he poisoned my poodle.

a)

hyperbole

b)

understatement

47.

Jeb figured that wrestling the grizzly bear would be a tad bit risky, so he went back the way he came.

a)

hyperbole

b)

understatement

48.

The elderly woman who was thrown from the train was having a rough morning.

a)

hyperbole

b)

understatement

49.

My teacher assigned a thick homework packet, two book reports, and a 10-page research project, so I guess that I'm going to be a little busy this weekend.

a)

hyperbole

b)

understatement

50.

The next closest star to the Earth is a mere 4.22 light-years away.

a)

hyperbole

b)

understatement

51.

Let's just say that our son was not pleased to find his new Gamebox 4000 at the bottom of the swimming pool.

a)

hyperbole

b)

understatement

52.

After the principal screamed at the student in the hallway, there was frozen silence.

a)

oxymoron

b)

understatement

c)

metaphor

d)

synesthesia

53.

Synesthesia is a phrase that

a)

uses multiple, different senses at the same time.

b)

compares one object to another.

c)

uses an extreme exaggeration

d)

always involves the word like or as

54.

Imagery is

a)

a type of synesthesia

b)

always long paragraphs

c)

descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.

d)

boring to read.

55.
Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Touch 
d)
Taste
56.
The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb.  Which sense is being described?
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Smell
d)
Hear
57.

"The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce filled his mouth."

a)

simile

b)

oxymoron

c)

imagery

d)

metaphor

58.

"The curtain of night fell upon us"

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

understatement

59.

The fruit roll-up tasted like my childhood in a wrapper

a)

oxymoron

b)

metaphor

c)

understatement

d)

synesthesia

60.

That summer was bittersweet; It was finally time for college, but I had to say goodbye to my friends.

a)

understatement

b)

oxymoron

c)

synesthesia

d)

metaphor

61.

Last night at ski club was bitter cold! Temperatures were below freezing.

a)

oxymoron

b)

metaphor

c)

synesthesia

d)

personification

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