WorksheetsFigurative Language - May 10
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 54mins
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
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hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
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.
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hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
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
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hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. After arguing with his sister, he had a chip on his shoulder for the rest of the vacation.
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hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. The clouds held their breath for a brief moment before letting loose upon the earth.
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personification
Alliteration
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. “Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary” -Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”
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personification
Alliteration
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. Is their an Einstein in your Science class?
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allusion
Alliteration
metaphor
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.
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hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day,” –William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18”
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personification
Alliteration
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. “And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain …” –Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”
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personification
Alliteration
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. The wave of tears came on quickly like a tide washing over me.
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personification
Alliteration
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. The young lovers were like Romeo and Juliet.
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allusion
Alliteration
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. She tore the paper out of his hand like a vulture snatching up its prey
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personification
Alliteration
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. It was so cold outside I saw polar bears wearing jackets!
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hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. Because he was not performing at the expected level, Harold was held back in the third grade.
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euphemism
Alliteration
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. A pilot has fear of height
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euphemism
irony
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. Sarah was devastated to learn that her parents planned to put down her cat, Miffy.
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euphemism
Alliteration
metaphor
Identify the figurative language. A fire station burns down.
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euphemism
irony
metaphor
