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Figurative Language

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The repetition of initial sounds at the beginning of words

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

2.

An exaggeration is called a/an

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

3.

When you give human-like qualities to something that is not human

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

4.

A comparison using like or as

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

idiom

5.

Words that resemble the sound they describe

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

6.

A comparison of two things without using like or as

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

7.

What is a common expression that means something different from what it actually says?

a)

Imagery

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Repetition

d)

Idiom

8.

What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?


The students were as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

9.

What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?


Maggie makes Max pick up many marbles.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

10.

What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?


The walker was a turtle when she made her way through the race.

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

11.

What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?


The heater yelled as it came on for the first time for the winter.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

12.

What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?


It took me a hundred years to finish all of my homework last night.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

13.

I wanted to argue back, but I "bit my tongue" and decided it was better to stay quiet.

"Bit my tongue" is an example of a(n)....

a)

alliteration

b)

idiom

c)

personification

d)

simile

14.

What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?


Boom! The fireworks cracked above in the sky to celebrate the Fourth of July.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

15.

What type of figurative language uses the words "like" or "as?"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

imagery

16.

What does the sentence below actually mean?


Lightning danced across the sky.

a)

The lightning was at a dance party.

b)

The lightning was bad at dancing.

c)

There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

d)

There was no lightning in the sky.

17.

What type of figurative language is used below?


The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

18.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"Hello from the other side

I must have called a thousand times."

a)

hyperbole

b)

symbols

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

19.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"So let the light guide your way, yeah

Hold every memory as you go

And every road you take

Will always lead you home, home."

a)

personification

b)

imagery

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

hyperbole

20.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"Just like a moth drawn to a flame

Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

alliteration

d)

imagery

21.

What TWO figurative language devices are used in the song lyrics below?


"She's just a girl, and she's on fire

Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway

She's living in a world, and it's on fire"


(Select 2)

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

simile

22.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


Boom! shake-shake-shake the room

Boom! shake-shake-shake the room

Boom! shake-shake-shake the room

Tic-tic-tic-tic Boom!

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Understate...

d)

Idiom

23.

What kind of figurative language is used in the italicized lyrics below?

"When I met you, girl, my heart went knock, knock"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

24.

What kind of figurative language is used in the lyrics below?


"You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me."

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

25.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"Like a sprained ankle, boy, I ain't nothin' to play with." - Drake

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

26.

What kind of figurative language is used in the lyrics below?


"I'd catch a grenade for you"

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Idiom

d)

Onomatopoeia

27.

What does "I'd catch a grenade for you" mean?

a)

He is angry.

b)

He wants to get away from her.

c)

He would risk his life for her.

d)

He would go to war for her.

28.

What does the simile mean?


"You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me."

a)

It shows that she was attacked.

b)

It shows that words hurt.

c)

It shows that she is violent.

d)

It shows that she is watching a violent movie.

29.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"Hello Darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again"

a)

personification

b)

hyberbole

c)

idiom

d)

alliteration

30.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"You're like a small boat

On the ocean

Sending big waves

Into motion"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

31.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"When we were younger and free

I've forgotten how it felt

Before the world fell at our feet"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

32.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"My heart's a stereo

It beats for you, so listen close,

Hear my thoughts in every note"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

33.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"We are searchlights

We can see in the dark"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

34.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"You're giving me a million

reasons to let you go

You're giving me a million

reasons to quit the show"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

35.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"You try to scream

But terror takes the sound before you make it"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

36.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?"


All that I know is gone

All that I know is gone

Fall deeper and deeper,

the sirens are singing your songs."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

37.

Imagery is writing that appeals to.....

a)

Your knowledge of history

b)

Your ability to do math.

c)

Your sense of time and scheduling

d)

The five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch).

38.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"Life is a highway

I'm going to ride it all night long"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

39.

"Said, I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow so..." is an example of

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

40.

"Tick tock on the clock," is an example of...

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

41.

What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?


"Baby now we've got bad blood"

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

onomatopoeia

42.

Why do authors use repetition and/or rhyme in writing?

a)

To emphasize important ideas, and help readers remember key points.

b)

So they don't have to think of new words

c)

To make stories longer without adding new ideas

d)

Because it is always required

43.

The new Apple watch costs "an arm and a leg."

"An arm and a leg" is an example of a(n).....

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

idiom

d)

rhyme