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Esperanza Rising Figurative Language

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“…Papa’s heart would find us wherever we go.”

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

onomateopia

2.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Our land is alive…this whole valley breathes and lives…”

a)

allitreation

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

idiom

3.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“She could hear it, too. The beat rushing in her ears. Shoomp, shoomp, shoomp.”

a)

onomateopia

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

4.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Isabel…rolled it up like a cigar…”

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

simile

d)

personification

5.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Their faces were so encrusted with dry dirt that they reminded Esperanza of cracked pottery.”

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

6.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“…droopy mustache made him look like a forlorn puppy.”

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile

7.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

Clicketta, clicketta, clicketta. The song of the locomotive was monotonous…”

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomateopia

c)

alliteration

d)

sensory language

8.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Esperanza could tell that Mama was uneasy with their constant presence.”

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomateopia

c)

idiom

d)

sensory language

9.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“He wouldn’t be grinning like a proud rooster then.”

a)

personification

b)

idiom

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

10.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“…the burnt out vines rolling in parallel lines…it looked as if someone had taken a giant comb, dipped it in paint, and gently swirled it across a huge canvas.”

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

personfication

11.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Tio Luis could not contain his grin.”

a)

idiom

b)

onomateopia

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

12.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“I hope you will not wear black all year!”

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole