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WorksheetsFigurative Language Quiz 1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see."
-Muhammad Ali (boxer)
Allusion
Metaphor
Personification
Similie
"New money, suit and tie
I can read you like a magazine"
-Taylor Swift (Blank Space)
Alliteration
Anaphora
Simile.
Onomatopoeia
"Baby, you're a firework.
Come on let your colors burst."
-Katy Perry lyric
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
Similie
"You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You’re paralyzed
‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night"
(Michael Jackson's Thriller)
Personification
Alliteration
Simile
Allusion
"Life is a highway, and I want to ride it all night long."
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Annotation
"I like that boom boom pow
Them chickens jackin' my style
They try copy my swagger
I'm on that next ---- now"
(Black Eyed Peas song)
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Similie
Allusion
"I am a Lost Boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored, we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook"
(Song by Ruth B.)
A stereotype about children.
Allusion to the book Peter Pan.
An Illusion about the book Peter Pan.
Free Verse
"And I’m rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
With my brothers like it’s Jonas, Jonas..."
-Post Malone
Allusion to the Jonas brothers.
Personification of the Jonas Brothers.
Simile.
Novella.
"Whoomp! There it is"
(lyric)
Metaphor
Personification
Free verse
Onomatopoeia
"I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend. I know you’re not a fool……
Time can never mend
The careless whisper of a good friend."
-George Michael lyric
Diction
Metaphor
Allusion
Personification
"Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away"
-Linkin Park lyrics
Alliteration
Synedote
Anaphora
Simile
"“Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you”
(lyric)
Anaphora
Simile
Allusion
Oxymoron
"If I go crazy, will you still call me 'Superman'?"
(lyrics)
Poetic Meter
Slant Rhyme
Alliteration
Allusion
