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Figurative Language in Pop Culture

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Try the grey stuff, it's delicious

Don't believe me, ask the dishes.

They can sing, they can dance"


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Imagery

d)

Onomatopoeia

2.
"So let the light guide your way, yeah
Hold every memory as you go
And every road you take
Will always lead you home, home."
Is an example of...
a)
personification
b)
imagery
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbolw
3.

"Hello from the other side

I must have called a thousand times."

Is an example of...

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

4.

Riley's dad is putting his foot down.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

simile

5.

"You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration

You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation."

Is an example of...

a)

idiom

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

6.

"The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light.”

—Fault in Our Stars, John Green

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

7.

"Tick! Tock! On the clock but the party don't stop"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

8.

"I think to myself, what a wonderful world"

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

9.

"I shall fly like a bee up to the honey tree."

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Idiom

10.

Ghost says he might hold the world record for knowing the most world records. This is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

11.

"We must be swift as a coursing river."

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

12.

"I'm just a little black rain cloud. Hovering under a honey tree."


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

13.

Snape was "gliding over like a large and malevolent bat."

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

14.

"The Universe was not kind to August Pullman."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

idiom

15.

"Afterwards, Ron says, 'He's lost his marbles."

a)

simile

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

16.

"I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty"


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

17.

"Baby, you're a song...you make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise. "

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

simile

18.

"My mama always said, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. "

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

19.
"The stairs creak as you sleep. It's keeping me awake." - Of Monsters and Men
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
20.

What type of figurative language is used in the following song, "A Thousand Years" By Christina Perri?


I have died everyday waiting for you

Darling don't be afraid I have loved you

For a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

21.

"She's like a spider waiting for the kill

Look out for Cruella De Vil"


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

22.

Coach's favorite tool is his whistle. It makes the sound, BADEEP!! What type of figurative language is used?

a)

idiom

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

simile

23.

What type of figurative language is used in the following song, "Airplanes" by B.o.B featuring Hailey Williams?


Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars

I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

24.

"Splish, Splash"


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

25.

What type of figurative language is used in the following song, "Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink


"You were a thief, you stole my heart

And I your willing victim"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

26.

"You want a white wedding and a hand you can hold" - Carrie Underwood

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

27.
"It's the house telling you to close your eyes." - Of Monsters and Men
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
28.
"Like a sprained ankle, boy, I ain't nothin' to play with." - Drake
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
29.

"That makes the universe a giant lottery ticket."

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

30.

"You find the fun and SNAP,

the job's a game."


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

31.
"I've been wandering the desert for a thousand days." - Selena Gomez
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
32.
"Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow." - Ne Yo
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
33.

"When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs

Every morning to help me get large"


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

34.

"'How long have you and Olivia been dating?'" she asks out of the blue.

a)

hyberbole

b)

idiom

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

35.
"My heart's a stereo." - Maroon 5
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
36.
"This city never sleeps at night." - Imagine Dragons
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
37.
"My songs know what you did in the dark." - Fall Out Boy
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
38.

"He's a kid named Julian and his two gorillas, Henry and Miles."

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

simile

39.

"Dumbledore's silver hair was the only thing in the whole hall that shone as brightly as the ghosts."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

idiom

d)

onomatopoeia

40.

"They broke into a run and CRASH...Ron's trunk fell off with a loud thump."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia