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WorksheetsShakalaka Boom Boom! Seniors Part 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Choose the right meaning of the underlined hyperbole.
His cellphone is an ancient relic.
from a different time period
unusable
from a museum
really old
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
Give me the splendid silent sun with all the beams.
Daniel scored a dazzling goal the other day.
Tracy has thanked me so much.
Football is moving forward very fast.
Which consonant sound is an example of alliteration in the following sentence.
Wendy went to Walmart to win a new washing machine.
H
T
H
M
Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence.
It is going to take a million years to complete my project work.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Identify the onomatopoeia word in the following sentence.
Overnight, the tiny trickle from the leaking pipe became a gushing waterfall.
overnight, leaking
trickle, gushing
trickle, leaking
gushing, waterfall
Which of the following is the best example of Alliteration?
Pepperoni Pizza is perfect.
Pepperoni pizza is the best in the world.
Pepperoni pizza is gross as dog food.
Pepperoni pizza was calling my name.
Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration?
Hannah’s home had heat, hopefully.
I like to fly kite at night.
Larry’s lizard likes leaping leopards.
Mike’s microphone made melodious music.
The following sentence is an example of?
The lorries continued down the road with a rumble and a roar.
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Omanotopoeia
All of it
Which of the following is NOT an example of hyperbole?
The truck is going the speed of lightning.
The truck cost me a billion dollars.
The truck sank in the gooey mud.
The truck is going as slow as a snail.
Which of the following is n example of hyperbole?
The wind is cold and I am going to die
The wind knocked over that house.
The wind grabbed my arm.
The wind carefully whispered in my ear.
All of a sudden, the wind whooshed through the house.
Identify the onomatopoeia.
wind
sudden
house
whooshed
Purple Pages of Passion, Persuasion, and Poetry with your Purple Plume of Poetic Penmanship.
This is an example of (a) ?
Which sentence has a hyperbole?
I have homework tonight.
As I watched a movie, my homework screamed at me from my bagpack.
I am so disappointed because I forgot my homework at home.
My homework is going to take forever.
Which figurative language does the following sentence have?
When she was ill, she thought she could hear murmuring and whispering coming from the room next door.
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
None
Look at the image. What is KFC trying to say?
The brand is trying to make a point that they have really good food.
The brand is trying to say that it's good to lick fingers.
It's an advertisement for old men.
The brand is trying to make a point that they have really bad food.
Identify the onomatopoeia.
She dropped the shoe on the floor with a satisfying thud.
dropped
floor
thud
satisfying
Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word.
I am so hungry, I could eat a horse
Go horseback riding
Eat very little
Eat a really big meal
Eat an animal
What is the dirge-like murmur I hear?
Which figure of speech is used here?
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Oxymoron
Alliteration
The apple is red as a rose.
Identify the hyperbole in this sentence.
apple
red
rose
red as a rose
Riley was popping his legos together to create a figure.
Identify the onomatopoeia word.
popping
create
figure
Riley
Which word could represent something as breaking?
Plop
Boom
Pitter-patter
Shatter
What is hyperbole?
A figure of speech which uses exaggeration.
A figure of speech which uses understatement.
Both
None
When can hyperbole NOT be used?
In pop songs
In scientific writing
In essays
In speech
I ate too much in the New Year part, I must weigh more than a whale.
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Which one of the following words is NOT an onomatopoeia?
rip
snap
bam
tam
