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Figurative Language (Imagery)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was as cool as a cucumber.

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

2.

The Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

Oxymoron

3.

Peter pranced playfully around the playground.

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

4.

The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

5.

Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

a)

personification

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

6.

She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake.

a)

hyperbole

b)

oxymoron

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

7.
Only the moon watched as the girl ran away from home in the middle of the night.
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
8.

Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.

a)

Anaphora

b)

Antithesis

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Litotes

9.

She is as American as apple pie.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Reification

10.

We are listening to Beethoven.

a)

Personficiation

b)

Reficiation

c)

Synechdoche

d)

Metonymy

11.

If we don't get there soon, I'm going to die!

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Litotes

c)

Reification

d)

antithesis

12.

This is not an uninteresting place.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Irony

c)

Litotes

d)

Metaphor

13.

Everyone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman!

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Litotes

c)

Alliteration

d)

Assonance

14.

Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Reification

15.

The bacon crackled and popped in the skillet.

a)

hyperbole

b)

litotes

c)

oxymoron

d)

onomatopoeia

16.

Love conquers all.

a)

personification

b)

reification

c)

antithesis

d)

assonance

17.

All the world’s a stage.

a)

hyperbole

b)

antithesis

c)

conceit

d)

metaphor

18.

They had a real Romeo and Juliet kind of relationship.

a)

simile

b)

litotes

c)

metonymy

d)

allusion

19.

We must await word from the crown before we proceed.

a)

synecdoche

b)

metonymy

c)

metaphor

d)

reification

20.

The chirping of the birds woke me up.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

reficiation

c)

metaphor

d)

simile