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Figurative Language - Tuesday

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Moments after the thunder sounded, lightning danced across the sky.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Oxymoron

2.

There was a deafening silence when the teacher walked in.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Personification

d)

Metaphor

3.

I hid my face in my scarf as the freezing cold wind whooshed by.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

4.

The snow was a white blanket covering the earth.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

5.

Scott stared at the endless pile of bills stretching across the table.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

6.

Hannah stayed home during the hurricane, hiding under her covers.

a)

Allusion

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

7.

Her eyes filled up like two blue pools.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Allusion

8.

He brought his umbrella when he saw it was raining cats and dogs.

a)

Idiom

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Metaphor

9.

What figurative device is used in the quote?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Idiom

c)

Simile

10.

What figurative device is used in the quote?

a)

Personification

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

11.

What figurative device is used in the quote?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Oxymoron

12.

What figurative device is used in the quote?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

13.

What figurative device is used in the quote?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Allusion

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Metaphor

14.

What figurative device is used in the quote?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

15.
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. 
16.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
17.
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. 
18.
"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
19.
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