WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears."
Allusion
Metaphor
Simile
Synecdoche
The suits on Wall Street walked off with most of our savings.
Metonymy
Hyperbole
Simile
Litotes
"The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night."
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Personification
Allusion
Here are the rules: Ignore all rules.
Oxymoron
Paradox
Synecdoche
Metonymy
Though they knew it not, their baby’s cries were lovely as jeweled butterflies.
Personification
Apostrophe
Oxymoron
Simile
Blood seeped out of the wound like red teardrops.
Simile
Paradox
Litotes
Metaphor
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."
Apostrophe
Metaphor
Irony
Oxymoron
Running a marathon in under two hours is no small accomplishment.
Irony
Metaphor
Simile
Litotes
The lake was so still and clear that you could see through it down to the center of the Earth.
Hyperbole
Irony
Personification
Paradox
Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches.
Allusion
Apostrophe
Personification
Irony
My sister’s house is not the Ritz-Carlton, but it is warm and dry.
Allusion
Apostrophe
Synecdoche
Metonymy
"He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car."
Metaphor
Apostrophe
Allusion
Litotes
