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Figurative Language

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears."

a)

Allusion

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Synecdoche

2.

The suits on Wall Street walked off with most of our savings.

a)

Metonymy

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Litotes

3.

"The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night."

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion

4.

Here are the rules: Ignore all rules.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Paradox

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Metonymy

5.

Though they knew it not, their baby’s cries were lovely as jeweled butterflies.

a)

Personification

b)

Apostrophe

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Simile

6.

Blood seeped out of the wound like red teardrops.

a)

Simile

b)

Paradox

c)

Litotes

d)

Metaphor

7.

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Metaphor

c)

Irony

d)

Oxymoron

8.

Running a marathon in under two hours is no small accomplishment.

a)

Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Litotes

9.

The lake was so still and clear that you could see through it down to the center of the Earth.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Irony

c)

Personification

d)

Paradox

10.

Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches.

a)

Allusion

b)

Apostrophe

c)

Personification

d)

Irony

11.

My sister’s house is not the Ritz-Carlton, but it is warm and dry.

a)

Allusion

b)

Apostrophe

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Metonymy

12.

"He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Apostrophe

c)

Allusion

d)

Litotes