WorksheetsKlondike Gold Rush Vocabulary
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following are synonyms for peril?
Danger
Exhausting
Brave
Jeopardy
Hazard
Which of the following does not belong with the rest?
Exhausting
Tiring
Famished
Grueling
Which of the following does not belong with the rest?
Starving
Elusive
Ravenous
Famished
Which of the following is an antonym for loathe?
Admire
Despise
Hate
Detest
Which of the following idioms is another way to explain scowl?
Break a leg
Throwing daggers with his eyes
Head over heels
Ruffle feathers
If someone feels ghastly, they feel ______.
Angry
Happy
Confused
Unwell
If a detective describes a crime scene as ghastly, the crime scene is ______.
Shockingly frightful
Staged
Easy to investigate
Outrageously clean
Which of the following would be an elusive dream for a couch potato?
Watching a marathon of The Walking Dead
Eating an entire container of popcorn
Completing & winning a 5K
If your dog has a ravenous appetite, your dog will _____.
Fight with your other dogs over food
Kindly share his food
Stick his nose up to the food you give him
Sleep during supper time
A firefighter is considered valiant because he/she ______.
Works for a small salary
Enters fires without hesitation to save others
Has a pet dalmatian named Spot
Is strong enough to carry a water hose
Which of the following does Mrs. Griffin loathe?
Summer Break
Expo Marker & Kleenex Donations
Being interrupted mid-sentence
Coffee
Serious is to solemn as fearless is to _____.
Valiant
Grueling
Ravenous
Elusive
Break is to repair as ravenous is to ________.
Appalling
Tumultuous
Excited
Satisfied
Sanctuary is to safe as tornado is to _______.
Perilous
Valiant
Humorous
Elusive
Devastated is to disappointed as ________ is to ___________.
Loathe is to despise
Peril is to safety
Valiant is to weak
Grueling is to effortless
Choose all of the following that gold miners would consider perilous.
A map of Canada & Alaska
Blizzards
Ravenous Wolves
Travelling with a partner
Travelling alone
Which type of figurative language is used below:
“Talk of your cold! Through the parka’s fold / It stabbed like a driven nail.”
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
“And the dogs were fed, and the stars o’erhead / were dancing heel and toe,” is an example of _____.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
"Till I’m chilled clean through to the bone.” is an example of ____.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
“And the heavens scowled, and the huskies howled, / and the wind began to blow.” is an example of ______.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
“But the stars came out and they danced about / ere again I ventured near.” is an example of ______.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
“And he wore a smile you could see a mile, / and he said: ‘Please close that door.’” is an example of ____.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
"I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked" is an example of ___.
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Rhyme
Personification
"Now a promise made is a debt unpaid," is an example of ____.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
"In the long, long night, by the lone firelight," is an example of _____.
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Simile
"for I didn't like / to hear him sizzle so" is an example of ___.
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Rhyme
"the land of gold / seemed to hold him like a spell" is an example of ___.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
