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Figurative Language

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Time tell tails that

a)

metaphor

b)

allusion

c)

Alliteration

d)

assonance

2.

What is figurative language

a)

what you say

b)

The opposite of literal language is figurative language.

c)

the language used by fireflies

3.

The sun smiled at me

a)

idiom

b)

imagery

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

4.

She is as patient as a post

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Consonance

5.

why are there one thousand nine hundred and eighteen students in Miss. Coles class?

a)

Simile

b)

idioms

c)

hyperbole

d)

Repetition

6.

Laughter is the best medicine.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Consonance

7.

Time is money.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Consonance

8.

He is as strong as an ox.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Consonance

9.

They fought like cats and dogs

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Consonance

10.

She smiles like a Cheshire cat

a)

metaphor

b)

allusion

c)

Alliteration

d)

assonance

11.

If I’m not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin

a)

metaphor

b)

allusion

c)

Alliteration

d)

assonance

12.

Sally sells sea shells beside the sea shore (repetition of the short e and long e sounds)

a)

metaphor

b)

allusion

c)

Alliteration

d)

assonance

13.

Break a leg

a)

allusion

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

14.

Call it a day

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Repetition

c)

Imagery

d)

Idioms

15.

My head is pounding like a drum.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Repetition

c)

Imagery

d)

Idioms

16.

 to give human characteristics to something that is not human

a)

Imagery

b)

simile

c)

assonance

d)

personification

17.

boom

a)

Imagery

b)

simile

c)

onomatopeia

d)

personification

18.

buzz

a)

Imagery

b)

simile

c)

onomatopeia

d)

personification

19.

“You is smart. You is kind. You is important.”

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

repetition

20.

Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible.

a)

Repetition

b)

metphor

c)

idiom

d)

assonance