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figurative language

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In the school play, Freddy roared like a lion.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
2.
Her love is a blanket.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
3.
Joey is crazy like a fox.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
4.
Her skin was white as snow.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
5.
Leah looked as pale as a ghost yesterday.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
6.
The dark, cold, silent room was a tomb.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
7.
The child's tears were cold raindrops from a tiny cloud.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
8.
My noisy sister was like a buzzing fly.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
9.

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

10.

What about us by P!nk

We are searchlights

We can see in the dark

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

11.

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

12.

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

13.

Means extreme exaggeration

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

14.

Compares 2 unlike things using like or as

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

15.

The moon smiled at me

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

16.
I am as hungry as a bear! 
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
17.

The raindrops danced on the tabletop.

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

idiom

18.

The leaves danced in the wind.

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

19.

This box is so heavy it weights a ton!

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole