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Figurative Language

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name

Class

Date

Only the moon watched as the girl ran away from home in the middle of the night.

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Before he was allowed to go to the movies, he had to wash a million dishes by hand

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Simile

The eyes are a window to the soul; when she looked at him from across the room, she knew then that she was in love.

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Our brains are like computers: capable of massive amounts of knowledge, but too often distracted by cat videos.

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Personification

Simile

Becky borrowed Ben's book

Simile

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

What is a hyperbole?

An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally.

Telling the truth

Comparing a rock to a island

Break a leg

Ba da ba ba bah im lovin it!

A). Mcdonalds

B). Hyperbole

C).Onomatopoeia

D).Simile

The flowers were dancing in the wind.

A. personification

B. pun

C. simile

D. metaphor

I joyfully jumped like the joyful jelly beans.

A) Personification

B) Metaphor

C) Onomatopoeia

D)Alliteration

10.

What is the definition of onomatopoeia?

(A)-A word that describes two objects without using like or as.

(B)-A word that describes two objects while using like or as.

(C)-A word that imitates the sound of a thing.

(D)-A word that gives an object a human characteristics.

11.

The rain ran down the road.

alliteration

metaphor

simile

idiom

12.

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month!

hyperbole

simile

alliteration

metaphor

13.

The idiom, "Its raining cats and dogs" means..

Its actually raining cats and dogs outside

It is raining

Its raining really hard outside

The weather is perfect

14.

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences.

oxymoron

irony

alliteration

anaphora

15.

What would be an example of anaphora

She told him yesterday

I'll tell him today

he will be reminded of this.

He should not forget.

I told him yesterday

I told him today

I told him many times

I'll remind him tomorrow

16.

Hannah’s home has heat, hopefully.

Alliteration

Pun

Assonance

Metonymy

17.

"It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning."

Metaphor

Irony

Symbolism

Anaphora

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Figurative Language

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

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