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Poetic Devices/Figurative Language

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"See eye to eye" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Idiom

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Rhyme

2.

"You are my sunshine" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

3.

"Greta Gruber grabbed a group of green grapes" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Idiom

b)

Repetition

c)

Rhyme

d)

Alliteration

4.

"The cat meowed at the bird as it flew by" uses what type of figurative language?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

5.

"Angela Abigail Applewhite ate anchovies and artichokes" used what type of figurative language?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Rhyme

c)

Alliteration

d)

Repetition

6.

"Toot your own horn" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Idiom

d)

Personification

7.

"I was so hungry that I even ate the plate!" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Idiom

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Hyperbole

8.

"The oil danced in a pan" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Repetition

9.

"His nose was as red as a rose" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Repetition

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Simlie

10.

"Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

11.

"The teapot sang as the water boiled" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Repetition

d)

Hyperbole

12.

"The snake would not stop hissing at me" is what type of figurative language?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Rhyme

d)

Idiom

13.

"He ate like a pig" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

14.

“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Rhyme

c)

Similie

d)

Onomatopoeia

15.

"A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Idiom

c)

Repetition

d)

Personification

16.

"My father was the sun and moon to

me" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Repetition

17.

"I wore a shiny new bow upon my head. I began to grow and it fit me no more" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Repetition

b)

Simile

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Rhyme

18.

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Repetition

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

19.

"Twinkle twinkle little star. / How I wonder what you are." is what type of RHYME?

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Internal Rhyme

20.

"I'd like to jump into the ocean. / But don't dump me in instead." is what type of RHYME?

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Internal Rhyme

21.

"I had a cat who wore a hat. / He looked cool but felt the fool" is what type of RHYME?

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Internal Rhyme