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Figurative Language - May 10

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the figurative language. Soccer is all Leigh cares about. She is hoping her varsity team makes it to the state finals again this year

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

metaphor

2.

Identify the figurative language. Maddie’s cousin from Minneapolis called her out of the blue to see if she wanted to come visit this summer.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

metaphor

3.

Identify the figurative language. “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances.” -William Shakespeare

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

metaphor

4.

Identify the figurative language. After arguing with his sister, he had a chip on his shoulder for the rest of the vacation.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

metaphor

5.

Identify the figurative language. The clouds held their breath for a brief moment before letting loose upon the earth.

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

metaphor

6.

Identify the figurative language. “Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary” -Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

metaphor

7.

Identify the figurative language. Is their an Einstein in your Science class?

a)

simile

b)

allusion

c)

Alliteration

d)

metaphor

8.

Identify the figurative language. “I have told you a million times not to bounce that ball in the house,” said the tired mother to her active four year old.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

metaphor

9.

Identify the figurative language. “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day,” –William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18”

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

metaphor

10.

Identify the figurative language. “And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain …” –Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

metaphor

11.

Identify the figurative language. The wave of tears came on quickly like a tide washing over me.

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

metaphor

12.

Identify the figurative language. The young lovers were like Romeo and Juliet.

a)

simile

b)

allusion

c)

Alliteration

d)

metaphor

13.

Identify the figurative language. She tore the paper out of his hand like a vulture snatching up its prey

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

metaphor

14.

Identify the figurative language. It was so cold outside I saw polar bears wearing jackets!

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

metaphor

15.

Identify the figurative language. Because he was not performing at the expected level, Harold was held back in the third grade.

a)

simile

b)

euphemism

c)

Alliteration

d)

metaphor

16.

Identify the figurative language. A pilot has fear of height

a)

simile

b)

euphemism

c)

irony

d)

metaphor

17.

Identify the figurative language. Sarah was devastated to learn that her parents planned to put down her cat, Miffy.

a)

simile

b)

euphemism

c)

Alliteration

d)

metaphor

18.

Identify the figurative language. A fire station burns down.

a)

simile

b)

euphemism

c)

irony

d)

metaphor