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Figurative Language Quick Check

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the poem, "I Sing the Battle," the guns that belch is what type of figurative language?

a)

allusion

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

2.

An overused phrase or saying

a)

understatement

b)

oxymoron

c)

cliche

d)

hyperbole

3.

What is an idiom?

a)

a saying you can take literally but not figuratively

b)

a saying you can take figuratively but not literally

4.

Which of the following is NOT an oxymoron?

a)

The comedian was seriously funny.

b)

The room filled with a deafening silence.

c)

The situation has clearly confused you.

d)

The lights in the room were surely right on.

5.

Fear lurks, watching me, waiting for the moment to pounce.

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

personification

6.

After she left, the sun never shined again.

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

7.

Her eyes were sad as fishes that swim up

And stare upon the land that is not theirs.

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

8.

Willy Wonka's Wonderful World of Warbling Walruses is a...

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

9.

The night sky was a loom threaded with darkness.

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

10.

The students quieted down when the heard the click-clacking of the teacher's high heels heading down the hallway.

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

allusion