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Figurative Language (examples)

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling.

a)

imagery

b)

pun

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

2.

He struck a streak of bad luck.

a)

consonance

b)

Rhyme scheme

c)

paradox

d)

onomatopoeia

3.

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.

a)

metaphor

b)

paradox

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

4.

heavy, spaghetti; daughter, water; got, shot, lot, not

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

rhyme

d)

opera

5.

The light of a fire is a sight.

a)

assonance

b)

proverb

c)

pun

d)

modifier

6.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

a)

simile

b)

pun

c)

proverb

d)

Idiom

7.

Snow is a white blanket.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

8.

This place looks like the Garden of Eden!

a)

assonance

b)

alliteration

c)

allusion

d)

allegory

9.

His bedroom is clean as a whistle.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

10.

It's a piece of cake

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

allegory

d)

Idiom

11.

Mom gave her a you-are-so-grounded-for-the-rest-of-your-life look.

a)

pun

b)

rhyme

c)

consonance

d)

hyphenated modifier

12.

rose = love, dove = peace,

black =death/evil

a)

symbolism

b)

similie

c)

personification

d)

imagery

13.

She sells seashells by the sea shore.

a)

imagery

b)

hyerbole

c)

alliteration

d)

irony

14.

jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly, random order

a)

personification

b)

oxymoron

c)

metaphor

d)

symbolism

15.

in is to out as up is to down

go is to green as red is to stop

a)

oxymoron

b)

rhyme

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

analogy

16.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, (A)

How I wonder what you are. (A)

Up above the world so high, (B)

Like a diamond in the sky. (B)

a)

alliteration

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

assonance

d)

hyphenated modifier

17.

Honk! Beep! BOOM hissssssssss

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

analogy

18.

Lightning danced across the sky.

a)

allusion

b)

idiom

c)

personification

d)

proverb

19.

She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air, its tropical smell a reminder that she was on vacation in a beautiful place.

a)

imagery

b)

pun

c)

irony

d)

allusion

20.

A marriage counselor files for divorce.

A fire station burns down.

a)

metaphor

b)

assonance

c)

allusion

d)

irony

21.

Here are the rules: Ignore all rules.

a)

paradox

b)

proverb

c)

allusion

d)

simile