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WorksheetsALWTW Figurative Language Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
"...herds of cattle had been brought to the
good grazing by the young boys who
looked after them."
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
"She knew the place like the back of her
own hand."
Hyperbole
Cliche'
Similie
Personification
"He felt his heart sink."
Metaphor
Cliche'
Hyperbole
Simile
"Salva felt his knee turn to water."
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
"He sighed, and Salva heard that sigh all the
way to his heart."
Cliche'
Alliteration
Simile
Hyperbole
"An iron giraffe. A red giraffe that made very
loud noises."
Personification
Metaphor
Alliteration
Cliche'
"The Nile: the longest river in the world, the
mother of all life in Sudan."
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
"with a quick flapping of wings, but with
shrieks and roars from the engines..."
Personification
Cliche'
Onomatopoeia
Simile
"Long ago, Salva's father had once brought
a few bottles of Coca-Cola back from his
trip to the market. Salva's first taste had
been startling- all those bubbles jumping
around in his mouth!"
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
"The rumors skittered around he camp."
Cliche'
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
"At last, the sun was reluctantly forced from
the sky."
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification
Metaphor
"The frigid air hit Salva's face like a slap."
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Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Cliche'
"Somehow it did-not like a bird lifting off
lightly..."
Personification
Simile
Cliche'
Alliteration
"It was like music, the sound of Akeer's
laugh."
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
"Cars crawled along he road like ants."
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Hyperbole
Alliteration
