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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I distinctly remember forgetting that. It's an example of..

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Oxymoron

2.

My alarm clock screams at me every morning at 4 A.M.

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

3.

The raindrops danced on the tabletop.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

4.

The bee buzzed in my ear and scared me.

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

5.

 

Kylie is a ray of sunshine.

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

6.

“Parting is such sweet sorrow.” 

—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

a)

Oxymoron

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

7.

The steak sizzled on the grill.

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

hyperbole

8.

This back pack weights a TON!

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

9.

She is as pretty as a rose.

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

personification

10.

 

The bird hurled insults at me because I was too close to her nest.

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

11.

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

12.

The keychain is hanging and scratching on the surface of my bag

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

13.

the ambulance sirine awakes the baby

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

14.

Tim took tons of tools to make toys for the tots.

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

15.

The palm trees were dancing in the wind

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

16.

Frank fed four funny fish in the fish tank

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

17.

The pillow is as soft as a cloud

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

simile

18.

I'm so tired I could sleep a year.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

19.

The abandoned well is as dry as a bone

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

20.

My life is a dream of wonders

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

personification

21.

Joanne is a pearl of the ocean

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

personification