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Figurative Language Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Figure of speech that compares two unlikely things

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Pun

2.

A play on words

a)

Analogy

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Pun

3.

Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words near one another

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Anaphora

d)

Allusion

4.

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines

a)

Epiphore

b)

Anaphora

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Paradox

5.

Two unlikely words put together to make a new idea

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Personification

6.

Repetition of vowel sounds

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Allusion

c)

Pun

d)

Assonance

7.

Repetition at the end of lines

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Epiphore

8.

Mushing, howling, and rattling all examples of _____.

a)

Puns

b)

Hyperboles

c)

Onomatopoeias

d)

Oxymorons

9.

"High as my hopes have flown before" and "fast like a race car" are examples of _________.

a)

Metaphors

b)

Repetition

c)

Similes

d)

Puns

10.

"Dreary, weary, and weak" is an example of ________.

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Symbolism

d)

Oxymoron

11.

________ references something in the past from history or the Bible.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Allusion

d)

Oxymoron

12.

________ represents another idea or meaning that what is literally being said.

a)

Symbolism

b)

Pun

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

13.

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you'll get" is an example of __________.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Hyperbole

14.

"Sweet sorrow" and "deafening silence" are examples of _______.

a)

Analogies

b)

Allusions

c)

Personifications

d)

Oxymorons

15.

"Artic trails have their secret tails" is an example of _______.

a)

Repetition

b)

Assonance

c)

Symbolism

d)

Personification