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Figures of Speech

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does it mean to "Go fly a kite"?

a)

Go away and stop bothering me.

b)

You feel that you need to spend your money at once.

c)

Fast pace, busy schedule, usually associated with living and working in the city

2.

What does "egg on my face" mean?

a)

You're embarrassed because you made a mistake and everyone knows about it.

b)

a barrel of laughs, a lot of fun

c)

You're not embarrassed because you made a mistake and don't care if everyone knows about it.

d)

You feel that you need to spend your money at once.

3.

What does "birds of a feather flock together" mean?

a)

People who enjoy the same things, do the same things together

b)

a barrel of laughs, a lot of fun

c)

Go away and stop bothering me.

d)

Fast pace, busy schedule, usually associated with living and working in the city

4.

What does "on cloud nine" mean?

a)

You feel very happy

b)

You're in big trouble

c)

Everything is going your way

d)

listening intently

5.

What does "like finding a needle in the haystack" mean?

a)

looking for something small in a huge space

b)

sometimes it is easier to understand a picture than a description

c)

listening intently

d)

Everything is going your way

6.

That was a PIECE OF CAKE! What does this mean?

a)

hard

b)

easy

c)

messy

d)

fun

7.

William will keep his room clean WHEN PIGS FLY.

a)

he always keeps it clean

b)

his room is never clean

c)

he likes to clean

d)

he asks his sister to clean

8.
Mrs. Siberski whispered, "Shhhhh!" during the test.  This is an example of...
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
neither
9.

An onomatopoeia word also known as what?

a)

An action word

b)

A descriptive word

c)

A sound word

d)

A statement

10.

Alex had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.

*What is the onomatopoeia word?

a)

grumbling

b)

teacher

c)

stomach

11.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  
a)
croak
b)
Mrs. Davis
c)
frogs
d)
pond
12.
The players pursued the bouncing ball as fast as they could carry themselves.
This is an example of:
a)
Alliteration
b)
neither
c)
Onomatopoeia
13.

A ....... ....... ....... took the friends to the party. Choose alliteration to fill in the blanks.

a)

broken, down, lorry

b)

lovely, long, limousine

c)

rusty, old, car

d)

red, old, car

14.

The final exam was easy as ABC!

a)

oxymoron

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

15.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An extreme exaggeration
b)
A little exaggeration
c)
Similar sounds
d)
Compares two things using like or as
16.
Look at the sentence. What type of figurative language is being used?
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
17.
It was so cold, I saw polar bears putting on jackets. 
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Simile
18.
"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Whistling
b)
Happiness
c)
Walking
d)
Hiking
19.
"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?
a)
Adele
b)
The store
c)
High heels
d)
Her
20.
"The lumberjack leveled many trees that day as his chainsaw sang its deadly song."
What is being personified?
a)
The lumberjack
b)
The trees
c)
The chainsaw
d)
The song
21.
"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Eating
b)
Baking
c)
Chewing
d)
Making people guilty
22.
"The storm moaned and groaned as if it's stomach hurt."
What human quality is NOT being given?
a)
Storming
b)
Moaning
c)
Groaning
d)
Having a stomach ache
23.
"The table played a cruel joke on Mrs. Cook when it collapsed as she placed her coffee on it."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Playing
b)
Collapsing
c)
Not liking coffee
d)
Tabling
24.

Those boys are like 2 peas in a pod

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

25.

The clouds are balls of cotton

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

26.

Go play outside! Don't be a couch potato

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

27.

My mom as busy as a bee

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

28.

Tom was walking as slow as a snail

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

29.

My mom sees everything, she has eyes like a hawk

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

30.

Basketball players are as tall as giraffe

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

31.
Which of the following is not an oxymoron?
a)
bittersweet
b)
civil war
c)
still moving
d)
pretty ugly
32.
There was such a joyful sadness in her beautiful face. What is the oxymoron?
a)
Beautiful Face
b)
Such a
c)
Joyful Sadness
d)
Beautiful 
33.
Poor health
Pretty ugly
Passed Away
Random order
All of the following are oxymorons except...
a)
Poor health
b)
Pretty ugly
c)
Passed away
d)
Random order
34.

An oxymoron is:

a)

a figure of speech expressing comparison

b)

an exaggeration

c)

a play on words where two or more opposite words are joined together

d)

the same as hyperbole

35.

A figure of speech that is a comparison that does not use "like" or "as" is called

(a)  

36.

A figure of speech where objects or animals are give human qualities is called . . .

(a)  

37.

A group of words having a meaning that you cannot figure out from the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).

(a)