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Figurative Language Quiz 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see."

-Muhammad Ali (boxer)

a)

Allusion

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Similie

2.

"New money, suit and tie

I can read you like a magazine"

-Taylor Swift (Blank Space)

a)

Alliteration

b)

Anaphora

c)

Simile.

d)

Onomatopoeia

3.

"Baby, you're a firework.

Come on let your colors burst."

-Katy Perry lyric

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Similie

4.

"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)

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

5.

"Life is a highway, and I want to ride it all night long."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Allusion

d)

Annotation

6.

"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)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Similie

d)

Allusion

7.

"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)

A stereotype about children.

b)

Allusion to the book Peter Pan.

c)

An Illusion about the book Peter Pan.

d)

Free Verse

8.

"And I’m rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, rollin’

With my brothers like it’s Jonas, Jonas..."

-Post Malone

a)

Allusion to the Jonas brothers.

b)

Personification of the Jonas Brothers.

c)

Simile.

d)

Novella.

9.

"Whoomp! There it is"

(lyric)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Free verse

d)

Onomatopoeia

10.

"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

a)

Diction

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Personification

11.

"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

a)

Alliteration

b)

Synedote

c)

Anaphora

d)

Simile

12.

"“Every breath you take

Every move you make

Every bond you break

Every step you take

I’ll be watching you”

(lyric)

a)

Anaphora

b)

Simile

c)

Allusion

d)

Oxymoron

13.

"If I go crazy, will you still call me 'Superman'?"

(lyrics)

a)

Poetic Meter

b)

Slant Rhyme

c)

Alliteration

d)

Allusion