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WorksheetsFigures of Speech
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 29mins
What does it mean to "Go fly a kite"?
Go away and stop bothering me.
You feel that you need to spend your money at once.
Fast pace, busy schedule, usually associated with living and working in the city
What does "egg on my face" mean?
You're embarrassed because you made a mistake and everyone knows about it.
a barrel of laughs, a lot of fun
You're not embarrassed because you made a mistake and don't care if everyone knows about it.
You feel that you need to spend your money at once.
What does "birds of a feather flock together" mean?
People who enjoy the same things, do the same things together
a barrel of laughs, a lot of fun
Go away and stop bothering me.
Fast pace, busy schedule, usually associated with living and working in the city
What does "on cloud nine" mean?
You feel very happy
You're in big trouble
Everything is going your way
listening intently
What does "like finding a needle in the haystack" mean?
looking for something small in a huge space
sometimes it is easier to understand a picture than a description
listening intently
Everything is going your way
That was a PIECE OF CAKE! What does this mean?
hard
easy
messy
fun
William will keep his room clean WHEN PIGS FLY.
he always keeps it clean
his room is never clean
he likes to clean
he asks his sister to clean
An onomatopoeia word also known as what?
An action word
A descriptive word
A sound word
A statement
Alex had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
*What is the onomatopoeia word?
grumbling
teacher
stomach
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.
This is an example of:
A ....... ....... ....... took the friends to the party. Choose alliteration to fill in the blanks.
broken, down, lorry
lovely, long, limousine
rusty, old, car
red, old, car
The final exam was easy as ABC!
oxymoron
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Metaphor
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!
What human characteristic is being given?
What is being personified?
What is being personified?
What human characteristic is being given?
What human quality is NOT being given?
What human characteristic is being given?
Those boys are like 2 peas in a pod
Simile
Metaphor
The clouds are balls of cotton
Simile
Metaphor
Go play outside! Don't be a couch potato
Simile
Metaphor
My mom as busy as a bee
Simile
Metaphor
Tom was walking as slow as a snail
Simile
Metaphor
My mom sees everything, she has eyes like a hawk
Simile
Metaphor
Basketball players are as tall as giraffe
Simile
Metaphor
Pretty ugly
Passed Away
Random order
All of the following are oxymorons except...
An oxymoron is:
a figure of speech expressing comparison
an exaggeration
a play on words where two or more opposite words are joined together
the same as hyperbole
A figure of speech that is a comparison that does not use "like" or "as" is called
(a)
A figure of speech where objects or animals are give human qualities is called . . .
(a)
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)
