WorksheetsFigurative Language (examples)
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 10mins
After waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling.
imagery
pun
metaphor
hyperbole
He struck a streak of bad luck.
consonance
Rhyme scheme
paradox
onomatopoeia
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
metaphor
paradox
alliteration
hyperbole
heavy, spaghetti; daughter, water; got, shot, lot, not
personification
alliteration
rhyme
opera
The light of a fire is a sight.
assonance
proverb
pun
modifier
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
simile
pun
proverb
Idiom
Snow is a white blanket.
simile
metaphor
This place looks like the Garden of Eden!
assonance
alliteration
allusion
allegory
His bedroom is clean as a whistle.
simile
metaphor
It's a piece of cake
simile
alliteration
allegory
Idiom
Mom gave her a you-are-so-grounded-for-the-rest-of-your-life look.
pun
rhyme
consonance
hyphenated modifier
rose = love, dove = peace,
black =death/evil
symbolism
similie
personification
imagery
She sells seashells by the sea shore.
imagery
hyerbole
alliteration
irony
jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly, random order
personification
oxymoron
metaphor
symbolism
in is to out as up is to down
go is to green as red is to stop
oxymoron
rhyme
onomatopoeia
analogy
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)
alliteration
Rhyme Scheme
assonance
hyphenated modifier
Honk! Beep! BOOM hissssssssss
onomatopoeia
alliteration
personification
analogy
Lightning danced across the sky.
allusion
idiom
personification
proverb
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.
imagery
pun
irony
allusion
A marriage counselor files for divorce.
A fire station burns down.
metaphor
assonance
allusion
irony
Here are the rules: Ignore all rules.
paradox
proverb
allusion
simile
