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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"The city was a jungle." is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

2.

What type of figurative language is shown? Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

3.

What type of figurative language is shown? The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

allusion

d)

alliteration

4.

What type of figurative language is shown? That freshly baked apple pie looks awfully good.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

oxymoron

5.

What type of figurative language is shown? The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

simile

6.

What type of figurative language is shown? Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

a)

hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

allusion

d)

alliteration

7.

 What type of figurative language is shown? She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake.

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

8.

What type of figurative language is shown? Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.

a)

allusion

b)

personification

c)

oxymoron

d)

simile

9.

 What type of figurative language is shown? I have told you a million times not to do that!

a)

allusion

b)

hyperbole

c)

oxymoron

d)

repetition

10.

What type of figurative language is shown? The waiter served us a delicious plate of jumbo shrimp.

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

personification

d)

oxymoron

11.

What type of figurative language is shown? The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.

a)

repetition

b)

personification

c)

allusion

d)

metaphor

12.

What type of figurative language is shown? The thunder boomed in the storm.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

oxymoron

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

13.

 The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing. 

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

14.

BAM! The door shut behind me.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

oxymoron

c)

allusion

d)

personification

15.

 I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

16.

the final test is so hard my brain is going to explode.

a)

hyperbole

b)

allusion

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

17.

the new pupil is the Isaac Newton in the class.

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

allusion

d)

hyperbole

18.

While working, write your wackiest words down.

a)

repetition

b)

oxymoron

c)

alliteration

d)

allusion

19.

the wind swooshed my hair instantly

a)

oxymoron

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

allusion

20.

the towel embraced my body tightly.

a)

personification

b)

oxymoron

c)

allusion

d)

alliteration

21.

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.

a)

Gustatory

b)

visual

c)

olfactory

d)

Tactile

22.

Silence was broken by the peal of piano keys as Shannon began practicing her concerto.

a)

tactile

b)

auditory

c)

visual

d)

olfactory

23.

 

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

a)

visual

b)

gustatory

c)

tactile

d)

Olfactory

24.

The candy melted in her mouth and swirls of bittersweet chocolate and slightly sweet but salty caramel blended together on her tongue

a)

Visual

b)

Auditory

c)

Gustatory

d)

Tactile

25.

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.

a)

Kinesthetic

b)

Olfactory

c)

Gustatory

d)

Visual