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Figurative Language

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

2.

The west wind dances down the road.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

3.

The band played to a small crowd at the concert.

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

4.

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Oxymoron

5.

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

6.

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Onomatopeia

7.

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

8.

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

9.

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopeia

d)

Alliteration

10.

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Oxymoron

11.

The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Oxymoron

12.

We ate cat fish for dinner.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

13.

The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during the awards ceremony.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Oxymoron

14.

Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

15.

The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

16.

The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

17.

The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the game.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

18.

Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

19.

The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Hyperbole

20.

I’d catch a grenade for you.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration