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Figurative Language

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

”Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary,” - Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

allusion

2.
“It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped,
And whirr when it stood still.
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.”
This has examples of: 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
3.
On the way up north to the cabin,
the sunshine sits in my lap all morning. 
This is an example of: 
a)
personification
b)
metaphor 
c)
simile
4.
"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
5.
What is being personified:
The moon guided me through the forest.
a)
moon
b)
forest
6.
What is the best definition of imagery? 
a)
Imagery is the author’s use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader imagine what is being described.
b)
An act of saying what will or might happen in the future.
c)
 A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
d)
Exaggeration
7.
This sentence appeals to which sense:

The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
a)
sound
b)
sight
c)
smell
d)
touch
8.
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?
a)
The walls
b)
The scream
c)
The room
d)
The orange
9.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An extreme exaggeration
b)
A little exaggeration
c)
Similar sounds
d)
Compares two things using like or as
10.
What is the following statement an example of?
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
11.
What is the following statement an example of?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
12.

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host of golden Daffodils;

Beside the Lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

a)

imagery

b)

metonym

c)

simile

d)

anaphora

13.

Using a word or phrase

that does not actually name an object,

but represents a part of it

or a related idea,

in order to reference the whole thing

is called

a)

metaphor

b)

metonymy

c)

symbol

d)

allusion

14.

"All hands on deck!"

a)

Synecdoche

b)

Metonymy

c)

Simile

d)

Antithesis

15.

"I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you

Till China and Africa meet,

And the river jumps over the mountain

And the salmon sing in the street,

I’ll love you till the ocean

Is folded and hung up to dry"

a)

hyperbole

b)

understatement

c)

metonymy

d)

synecdoche

16.

“I must be cruel to be kind.”

a)

paradox

b)

parallelism

c)

metonymy

d)

repetition

17.

"But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only

That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.

Nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered—

Till I scarcely more than muttered 'Other friends have flown before—

On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.'

Then the bird said 'Nevermore.'"

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

antithesis

d)

oxymoron

18.

Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.

a)

euphemism

b)

consonance

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

19.
The river spills over rocks and whispers to me-
Kawishiwee...Kawishiwee-
and rushes on to anywhere.
This is an example of: 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
20.

Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is...

a)

figurative

b)

literal