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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 32mins
Which is the oxymoron?
Alone together
Pop!
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
An exaggerated statement is a...
Alliteration
Onomatopeia
Simile
Hyperbole
Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
What is an idiom?
An expression that is not meant to be taken literally.
a comparison of two things using like, as, or than
an exaggerated statement
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is an example of an alliteration?
The vase flew off the shelf
Powerful pandas like to punch carrots
The waves sang to me as they crashed on shore.
I really liked the chocolate pie.
"The fire work exploded making a big BOOM in the air" is an example of...
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
"He was as cool as a cucumber" is an example of...
Simile
Idiom
Metaphor
Personfication
"Look outside! It's raining cats and dogs!" is an example of...
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Personfication
"Charming children chat in the corner" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Idiom
Read these lines from a poem:
"the stars talk away the night" is an example of...
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
“Danny strolled to the town common, sat on one of the benches in Teenytown and took one of the bottles out of the bag, looking down on it like Hamlet with Yorick's skull” ― Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
allusion
My heart is pounding
simile
onomatopoeia
personification
hyperbole
Nick's idea was a thought grenade!
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
simile
His schoolwork never spilled over into his free time.
simile
idiom
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
