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Figurative Language & Poetry Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"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?

a)

allusion

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

2.

"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?

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

3.

The repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

a)

Imagery

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Assonance

4.

A figure of speech in which an object is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Assonance

d)

Tone

5.

A group of lines in a poem considered as a unit (similar to a paragraph in writing)

a)

Stanza

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Figurative Language

d)

Tone

6.

Descriptive or figurative language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).

a)

Form/Structure

b)

Tone

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

7.

Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Repetition

d)

Imagery

8.
A figure of speech in which an exaggerated statement is made.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Enjambment
c)
Assonance
d)
Free Verse
9.

The lesson or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

a)

Theme

b)

Tone

c)

Verse

d)

Hyperbole

10.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
hyberbole
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
11.

What language device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

hyberbole

12.
What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
idiom
13.

"The crocodile's teeth are white daggers."


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

poetry

14.

"The lightning danced across the night sky."


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

stanza

b)

hyperbole

c)

symbol

d)

personification

15.

"The snow is a white blanket covering the ground."


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

16.

"Her eyes are like the sun" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

synonym

17.

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,"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

repetition

d)

haiku

18.

"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?

a)

alliteration

b)

imagery

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

19.

"The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle."


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

personification

b)

idiom

c)

allusion

d)

alliteration

20.

"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?

a)

alliteration

b)

idiom

c)

hyperbole

d)

irony

21.

"The burning wood hissed and crackled."


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

c)

pun

d)

simile

22.

"Her lovely voice was music to his ears."


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

oxymoron

c)

irony

d)

alliteration

23.

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."

a)

Her hair is red.

b)

She talks really loudly.

c)

She gets really angry.

d)

She spits when she talks.

24.

What TWO pieces of figurative language are in these lines? "My life is a dream, like a tiger waking from her deep sleep."

a)

personification and simile

b)

metaphor and onomatopoeia

c)

metaphor and simile

d)

hyperbole and personification

25.

"But when the trees bowed down their heads" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

irony

d)

personification

26.

"She is a walking calculator."


This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

oxymoron

27.

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

28.
"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
29.

"The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store."


What is the meaning of the simile above?

a)

The baby had 8 legs.

b)

The baby lives in the sea.

c)

The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.

d)

The baby was sleeping.

30.

"The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days."


What does the metaphor mean above?

a)

The baby girl's smile made other people happy.

b)

When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise.

c)

The baby never smiled.

d)

The baby girl's smile made the moon come out.

31.
How many examples of similes are in this passage?
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. 
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
32.

Which sentence is a metaphor?

a)

Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle.

b)

We are never getting out of this driveway!

c)

He's stuck between a rock and a hard place.

d)

The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time.

33.

What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? He is a couch potato.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Hyperbole

34.

What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? It's raining cats and dogs.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Hyperbole

35.

"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?

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

idiom

d)

imagery