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Figurative Language

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 10hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A funny exaggeration is called a/an

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

2.

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

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

3.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

4.

A comparison using like or as

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

idiom

5.

an expression that is not meant to be taken literally

a)

idiom

b)

allusion

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

6.

Words that resemble the sound they describe

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

7.

a comparison of two things without using like or as

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

8.

a figure of speech that refers to a person, place, thing, or event

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

red herring

d)

personification

9.

The fly buzzed past us

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

personification

10.

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains

a)

simile

b)

idiom

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

11.

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes

a)

red-herring

b)

alliteration

c)

idiom

d)

personification

12.

It really burned me up when you yelled at me

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

idiom

13.

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

14.

Charming children chat in the corner

a)

idiom

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

15.

My life is a dream of wonders

a)

idiom

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

16.

We had to wait forever!

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

17.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town. 
18.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
19.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 
20.
"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
21.
What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
22.
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. 
23.

"I nearly died laughing" is an example of what?

a)

Assonance

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

24.

What is 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 gets really angry

c)

She talks very loudly

d)

She spits when she talks

25.

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

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Idiom

d)

Personification

26.

Fight Song by Rachel Platten

Like a small boat

On the ocean

Sending big waves

Into motion

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Metaphor

27.

What about us by P!nk

We are searchlights

We can see in the dark

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

28.

Can't Stop That feeling by Justin Timberlake

I got that sunshine in my pocket

Got that good soul in my feet

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

29.

Thriller by Michael Jackson

You try to scream

But terror takes the sound before you make it

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

30.
Your beauty was a web of frail delight
a)
Simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
31.

Which is an allusion?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

Which is personification?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

Which is a hyperbole?

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

Which is an idiom?

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

"Every calendar's days are numbered" is an example of

a)

Alliteration

b)

Idiom

c)

Pun

d)

Onomatopeia

36.

What is the definition of Pun? Please include an example.

(2 points extra credit)

4 lines
37.

What is the definition of Hyperbole? Please include an example.

(2 points extra credit)

4 lines
38.

"You can't have your cake and eat it too" is an example of...

(New term we did not go over but is 1 point extra credit)

a)

Idiom

b)

Proverb

c)

Adage

d)

Simile

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