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WorksheetsFIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
"The city was a jungle." is an example of what type of figurative language?
alliteration
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
What type of figurative language is shown? Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.
hyperbole
simile
personification
alliteration
What type of figurative language is shown? The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
metaphor
personification
allusion
alliteration
What type of figurative language is shown? That freshly baked apple pie looks awfully good.
alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
oxymoron
What type of figurative language is shown? The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
simile
What type of figurative language is shown? Her long hair is an ocean of waves.
hyperbole
Metaphor
allusion
alliteration
What type of figurative language is shown? She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake.
alliteration
allusion
hyperbole
metaphor
What type of figurative language is shown? Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
allusion
personification
oxymoron
simile
What type of figurative language is shown? I have told you a million times not to do that!
allusion
hyperbole
oxymoron
repetition
What type of figurative language is shown? The waiter served us a delicious plate of jumbo shrimp.
alliteration
allusion
personification
oxymoron
What type of figurative language is shown? The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.
repetition
personification
allusion
metaphor
What type of figurative language is shown? The thunder boomed in the storm.
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
hyperbole
metaphor
The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing.
simile
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
BAM! The door shut behind me.
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
allusion
personification
I was so tired after school, I slept for a month!
alliteration
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
the final test is so hard my brain is going to explode.
hyperbole
allusion
personification
metaphor
the new pupil is the Isaac Newton in the class.
personification
metaphor
allusion
hyperbole
While working, write your wackiest words down.
repetition
oxymoron
alliteration
allusion
the wind swooshed my hair instantly
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
personification
allusion
the towel embraced my body tightly.
personification
oxymoron
allusion
alliteration
The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky in beautiful and varied constellations which were sprinkled across the astronomical landscape.
Gustatory
visual
olfactory
Tactile
Silence was broken by the peal of piano keys as Shannon began practicing her concerto.
tactile
auditory
visual
olfactory
She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air, its tropical smell a reminder that she was on vacation in a beautiful place
visual
gustatory
tactile
Olfactory
The candy melted in her mouth and swirls of bittersweet chocolate and slightly sweet but salty caramel blended together on her tongue
Visual
Auditory
Gustatory
Tactile
Here she kept a diary locked by a clasp, and a notebook written in a code of her own invention. … An old tin petty cash box was hidden under a removable floorboard beneath her bed.
Kinesthetic
Olfactory
Gustatory
Visual
