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WorksheetsFigurative Language Quick Check
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In the poem, "I Sing the Battle," the guns that belch is what type of figurative language?
allusion
personification
simile
metaphor
An overused phrase or saying
understatement
oxymoron
cliche
hyperbole
What is an idiom?
a saying you can take literally but not figuratively
a saying you can take figuratively but not literally
Which of the following is NOT an oxymoron?
The comedian was seriously funny.
The room filled with a deafening silence.
The situation has clearly confused you.
The lights in the room were surely right on.
Fear lurks, watching me, waiting for the moment to pounce.
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
personification
After she left, the sun never shined again.
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
simile
Her eyes were sad as fishes that swim up
And stare upon the land that is not theirs.
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
simile
Willy Wonka's Wonderful World of Warbling Walruses is a...
hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor
onomatopoeia
The night sky was a loom threaded with darkness.
hyperbole
personification
simile
metaphor
The students quieted down when the heard the click-clacking of the teacher's high heels heading down the hallway.
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
simile
allusion
