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Worksheetsjhu figurative language
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 2hrs 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
"The city was a jungle." is an example of what type of figurative language?
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
2.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.
Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
3.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
4.
What type of figurative language is shown?
That freshly baked apple pie looks awfully good.
That freshly baked apple pie looks awfully good.
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
oxymoron
5.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.
The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.
a)
metaphor
b)
oxymoron
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
6.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.
a)
personification
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
7.
What type of figurative language is shown?
She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake.
She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake.
a)
hyperbole
b)
oxymoron
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
8.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.
Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
9.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
10.
What type of figurative language is shown?
I have told you a million times not to do that!
I have told you a million times not to do that!
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
oxymoron
11.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.
The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
12.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The waiter served us a delicious plate of jumbo shrimp.
The waiter served us a delicious plate of jumbo shrimp.
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
oxymoron
d)
hyperbole
13.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The thunder boomed in the storm.
The thunder boomed in the storm.
a)
oxymoron
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
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.
BAM! The door shut behind me.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
idiom
16.
I was so tired after school, I slept for a month!
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
17.
She is as sweet as pie!
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
18.
My homework is so hard my brain is going to explode.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
oxymoron
d)
hyperbole
19.
While working, write your wackiest words down.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
personification
20.
The flames ate hungrily at the burning houses.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
21.
The west wind dances down the road.
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Idiom
d)
Simile
22.
A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Personificati
23.
The sun smiled after the rain stopped.
a)
Personification
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
24.
She’s as tiny as a mouse.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Simile
25.
Her blonde hair shined like the sun.
a)
Personification
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
26.
The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Idiom
d)
Oxymoron
27.
It's raining cats and dogs outside.
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
28.
When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Idiom
29.
My mom told me to zip my lips.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification
30.
The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
31.
BAM! The door shut behind me.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
idiom
32.
I was so tired after school, I slept for a month!
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
33.
"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
34.
Children and dogs and houses bloom
like crowded flowers,
This is an example of:
like crowded flowers,
This is an example of:
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
35.
On the way up north to the cabin,
the sunshine sits in my lap all morning.
This is an example of:
the sunshine sits in my lap all morning.
This is an example of:
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
36.
Dawn is like a seed
that will grow into daylight.
This is an example of:
that will grow into daylight.
This is an example of:
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
37.
The river spills over rocks and whispers to me-
Kawishiwee...Kawishiwee-
and rushes on to anywhere.
This is an example of:
Kawishiwee...Kawishiwee-
and rushes on to anywhere.
This is an example of:
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
38.
Like a house on stilts,
a bull moose stands in the shallows.
This is an example of:
a bull moose stands in the shallows.
This is an example of:
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
39.
The snow is a white blanket.
This is an example of:
This is an example of:
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
40.
Dusk prepares for the great
celebration of night.
This is an example of:
celebration of night.
This is an example of:
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
41.
Gaslights bloomed on the new streets
like flowers, and lit with a "Pop!" at night.
This has examples of:
like flowers, and lit with a "Pop!" at night.
This has examples of:
a)
simile and onomatopoeia
b)
metaphor and simile
c)
personification and simile
42.
Kisses are the flowers of affection.
This is an example of:
This is an example of:
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
43.
“It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped,
And whirr when it stood still.
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.”
This has examples of:
And whirr when it stood still.
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.”
This has examples of:
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
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