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Alliteration/Hyperbole

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one is alliteration?

a)

She's tame and he's lame. Both are not the same.

b)

When I got there, everyone was done.

c)

Shazam!

d)

Look! Larry lost Lucy, but luckily he located her.

2.

Which one is alliteration?

a)

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

b)

Goodbye basketball.

c)

Hello sunshine my old friend.

d)

The clouds cried.

3.

Which one is alliteration?

a)

Four turkeys ran away.

b)

Two turkeys took a trip.

c)

Talented people are wanted for the performance.

d)

Someday I will shoot for the stars

4.

The ....... ....... are in the middle aisle next to the vegetables.

a)

boxed fish

b)

frozen fish

c)

large fish

d)

pre-cooked fish

5.

A ....... ....... ....... took the friends to the party.

a)

broken, down, lorry

b)

lovely, long, limousine

c)

rusty, old, car

d)

red, old, car

6.

What is alliteration?

a)

the repetition of vowel sounds inside of nearby words

b)

the repetition of consonant sounds inside of nearby words

c)

the repetition of the beginning sounds of nearby words

d)

the feeling a reader gets from a text

7.

Which of these sentences contains an example of hyperbole?

a)

The room was hotter than the air outside.

b)

The room was almost as hot as an oven.

c)

The room was so hot my face melted.

d)

The room was very hot.

8.

Read the sentence below. Which of these revisions adds hyperbole?


I like pizza.

a)

Pizza is my favorite food.

b)

I love the salty, cheesy tastes of pizza.

c)

I love pizza so much I want to marry it.

d)

I love pizza like a monkey loves bananas.

9.

True or False: The following sentence is an example of hyperbole.


Jeremy was our class clown.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

4- What two letters can make the same sound?

a)

c & k

b)

p & t

c)

o & q

d)

b & m

11.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An extreme exaggeration
b)
A little exaggeration
c)
Similar sounds
d)
Compares two things using like or as
12.
Look at the sentence. What type of figurative language is being used?
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
13.

I could sleep for an hour.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Not a hyperbole

14.

I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Not a Hyperbole

15.

Lisa's mouth is as big as Texas.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Not a hyperbole