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Figurative Language

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 2hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Children and dogs and houses bloom
like crowded flowers,
This is an example of: 
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
2.
On the way up north to the cabin,
the sunshine sits in my lap all morning. 
This is an example of: 
a)
personification
b)
metaphor 
c)
simile
3.
Dawn is like a seed
that will grow into daylight.
This is an example of: 
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
4.
The river spills over rocks and whispers to me-
Kawishiwee...Kawishiwee-
and rushes on to anywhere.
This is an example of: 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
5.
Like a house on stilts,
a bull moose stands in the shallows.
This is an example of:
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
6.
Dusk prepares for the great
celebration of night.
This is an example of: 
a)
personification 
b)
metaphor 
c)
simile
7.
The snow is a white blanket.
This is an example of: 
a)
personification 
b)
metaphor 
c)
simile
8.
Gaslights bloomed on the new streets
like flowers, and lit with a "Pop!" at night.
This has examples of: 
a)
simile and onomatopoeia
b)
metaphor and simile
c)
personification and simile
9.
Kisses are the flowers of affection.
This is an example of: 
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
10.
“It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped,
And whirr when it stood still.
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.”
This has examples of: 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
11.

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

allusion

12.

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

13.

“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

a)

hyperbole

b)

allusion

c)

personification

d)

idiom

14.

“I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far.” - Mark Twain, Old Times on the Mississippi

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

allusion

d)

idiom

15.

”Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary,” - Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

allusion

16.

“Hulga the whole while hollering like a half-slaughtered hog.” - Truman Capote, "Mojave"

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

17.
Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Assonance
18.
_____a figure of speech in which two a things are compared, NOT using like or as 
a)
Simile 
b)
Metaphor 
c)
Personification 
19.
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to animals, plants, objects and ideas. 
Example: The moon followed me through the night. 
a)
Poetry 
b)
Simile 
c)
Personification 
20.
I am so hungry I could eat a cow. 
This figure of speech is _____.
a)
Hyperbole 
b)
Simile 
c)
Rhyme 
21.
When I was at Six Flags, I waited in line for years.
What figurative speech is this? 
a)
Metaphor 
b)
Personification 
c)
Hyperbole 
22.
The flames ate hungrily at the burning houses.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
23.
An obvious exaggeration to make a point or add excitement
a)
assonance
b)
repetition
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
24.
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
25.
A word that spells out a sound
a)
assonance
b)
hyperbole
c)
imagery
d)
onomatopoeia
26.
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as"
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
personification