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Figurative Language

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This school is an asylum.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
2.
My stomach did a backflip.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
3.
I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
4.

I waited forever for my ride to get to the house.

a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
5.

She sells seashells by the seashore.

a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
6.
She wasn't exactly running in the same circles as me.
a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
7.
The rope SNAPPED in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
8.
I'm dying to see that movie.
a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

imagery

9.
The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.
a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

10.
After math class, Chou's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test.
a)

idiom

b)

imagery

c)

onomatopoeia

11.
At the recital, Olivia's fingers danced over the keyboard.
a)

alliteration

b)

idiom

c)

personification

12.
At twelve years old, Jenna is a blooming flower.
a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

13.

The morning sun filled the horizon with golden rays beneath the glowing pink sky, and the babbling river glittered with a thousand sparkles of reflected orange brilliance in the crisp autumn air.

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

14.

"I caught a fish as big as a house," is an example of what literary device?

a)

Personification

b)

A simile

c)

A hyperbole

15.

What type of figurative language is shown? Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.

a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
16.

The fly buzzed past us

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

personification

17.

It really burned me up when you yelled at me

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

idiom

18.

"Look outside! Its raining cats and dogs!" is an example of what?

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Idiom

d)

Personification