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WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which sentence contains a simile?
Rachel smiled like a Cheshire cat.
Boyd had been awake for 500 hours.
Our mayor is no Abe Lincoln.
Farewell, my fair-haired friend.
Love is a thrill ride. This sentence uses ________.
juxtaposition
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
This kid was a young Albert Einstein. This sentence uses ________.
onomatopoeia
assonance
metaphor
allusion
Nila briefly brushed the baby's hair. This sentence uses ________.
assonance
alliteration
onomatopoeia
juxtaposition
Which sentence contains a pun?
The man zipped around the corner.
Reading on the beach can make you well red.
Her voice was the most beautiful music.
The stars winked at me that night.
Which sentence is an example of assonance?
The truck was going a million miles an hour.
The toy boat whizzed past the dock.
The small boy grabbed Roy's toy.
Sheila pinches pennies like Scrooge.
Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
pour
zap
reach
feel
A hyperbole is an ________.
exaggeration
alliteration
assonance
juxtaposition
Which sentence uses personification?
The woman looked as if she were 1,000 years old.
The fire hungrily ate the house.
Where's the wicked witch?
The tiger purred like my cat.
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. This quote uses ________.
hyperbole
assonance
alliteration
juxtaposition
