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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
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1.

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards, one blow from cavin' in?

The figurative language that is used at the song lyrics above is ....

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

2.

" She’s tiny like a mouse" is the example of ....

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

3.

What technique is being used in the following lyric?

You can be the King Kong banging on your chest

You could beat the world, you could beat the war

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

4.

"When all our shadows disappeared"

The lyric above means ....

a)

The night has come

b)

It is almost morning

c)

We have no more shadows

d)

There is no hope

5.

Look at the following lyrics:

  1. (1.) Just own the night, Like the Fourth of July

  2. (2.) 'Cause you burn with the brightest flame

  3. (3.) I'm a Porsche with no brakes

  4. (4.) I can live a life, running for my life

Which statement are the metaphors?

a)

(1) and (3)

b)

(1) and (2)

c)

(2) and (4)

d)

(2) and (3)

6.

"When thunderclouds start pouring down
Light a fire they can't put out

Carve your name into those shining stars"

The figurative language that is used at the song lyric above is (a)  

7.

The followings are hyperbole, except ....

a)

b)

c)

d)

8.

The thing that has personification in the lyric is ...

a)

future

b)

hurricane

c)

rainbow

d)

you

9.

The figurative language that is used in the following lyric is ....

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

10.

Look at these lyrics carefully:

(1) You could be the greatest, you can be the best

(2) There ain't no gold in this river

(3) Hearts beats fast, colours and promises

(4) And it was all yellow

The lyrics that have the characteristics of alliteration are in number ....

a)

(1) and (3)

b)

(2) and (4)

c)

(2) and (3)

d)

(3) and (4)

11.

A figurative of speech in which an object appear like a person. This is the definition of .....

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

12.

You can't deny how hard I've tried

I changed who I was to put you both first

But now I give up.

The underlined words mean .....

a)

I surrender

b)

I will stay

c)

I can't go

d)

I will try again

13.

"Carve your name into those shining stars"

The lyric above means....

a)

Write down your name in the sky

b)

Make yourself be remembered and your life successful

c)

You can crave your name anywhere and anytime

d)

You are always loved by the stars in the sky

14.

"Look at the stars

Look how they shine for you"

Figurative language that is used in the song lyric above is (a)  

15.

What is the message of the song?

a)

You are very arrogant

b)

You can do anything

c)

You are unbeatable

d)

You are the one who know yourself