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Figurative language

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

identify the figure of speech:

Fair is foul, and foul is fair:

Hover through the fog and filthy air.

a)

alliteration

b)

consonance

c)

repetition

d)

simile

2.

identify the figure of speech:

I am drowning in work.

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

oxymoron

3.

identify the figure of speech in the word/phrase.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

pun

c)

synecdoche

d)

oxymoron

4.

Fill in the blank using a simile:

He is as (a)   as a cucumber.

5.

Identify the figure of speech depicted in the image.

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

irony

d)

paradox

6.

Identify the figure of speech using the provided sound effects.

a)

metonymy

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

pun

d)

paradox

7.

In this mode of speech, the real meanings of the words used are different from the intended meanings. For eg., the child of the cobbler has no shoe.

a)

irony

b)

metaphor

c)

satire

d)

pun

8.

Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are:

a)

simile and hyperbole

b)

metaphor and oxymoron

c)

pun and paradox

d)

simile and metaphor

9.
I bombed the Biology test. I wish had studied harder for it.
What does this mean?
a)
I passed the test
b)
I failed the test 
c)
I forgot I had a test
d)
I was absent for the test
10.

i was scared when i heard the tic-toc of the clock on midnight.

a)

assonance

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia