WorksheetsFigurative Language & Poetry Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 44mins
"You could walk along and look exactly like a train blowing out big, fat, white puffs of smoke."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
allusion
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
"About a million fingers pointed at the new kids and a million laughs almost knocked them over."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
alliteration
allusion
hyperbole
metaphor
The repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Imagery
Metaphor
Alliteration
Assonance
A figure of speech in which an object is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Metaphor
Personification
Assonance
Tone
A group of lines in a poem considered as a unit (similar to a paragraph in writing)
Stanza
Rhyme Scheme
Figurative Language
Tone
Descriptive or figurative language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).
Form/Structure
Tone
Metaphor
Imagery
Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect
Alliteration
Assonance
Repetition
Imagery
The lesson or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
Theme
Tone
Verse
Hyperbole
What language device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"?
simile
metaphor
alliteration
hyberbole
"The crocodile's teeth are white daggers."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
metaphor
simile
personification
poetry
"The lightning danced across the night sky."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
stanza
hyperbole
symbol
personification
"The snow is a white blanket covering the ground."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor
simile
"Her eyes are like the sun" is an example of which type of figurative language?
simile
metaphor
alliteration
synonym
The following excerpt from "Annabel Lee" contains examples of what?
“It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know …
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,"
metaphor
simile
repetition
haiku
"Another turning point, a fork in the road.
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
alliteration
imagery
personification
hyperbole
"The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
personification
idiom
allusion
alliteration
"Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
alliteration
idiom
hyperbole
irony
"The burning wood hissed and crackled."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
pun
simile
"Her lovely voice was music to his ears."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
metaphor
oxymoron
irony
alliteration
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
Her hair is red.
She talks really loudly.
She gets really angry.
She spits when she talks.
What TWO pieces of figurative language are in these lines? "My life is a dream, like a tiger waking from her deep sleep."
personification and simile
metaphor and onomatopoeia
metaphor and simile
hyperbole and personification
"But when the trees bowed down their heads" is an example of what type of figurative language?
hyperbole
metaphor
irony
personification
"She is a walking calculator."
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
oxymoron
”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa
onomatopoeia
simile
metaphor
alliteration
"The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store."
What is the meaning of the simile above?
The baby had 8 legs.
The baby lives in the sea.
The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.
The baby was sleeping.
"The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days."
What does the metaphor mean above?
The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise.
The baby never smiled.
The baby girl's smile made the moon come out.
Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle. All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines. Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin! The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time.
Which sentence is a metaphor?
Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle.
We are never getting out of this driveway!
He's stuck between a rock and a hard place.
The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time.
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? He is a couch potato.
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Hyperbole
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? It's raining cats and dogs.
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Hyperbole
"My aunt is a terrible cook, and I wouldn't touch her cooking with a ten foot pole!"
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
alliteration
onomatopoeia
idiom
imagery
