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Milestones Bootcamp: Figurative Language

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 48mins

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

21.

Definition: describes using 5 senses; helps you see a picture in your mind

a)

Imagery

b)

Idiom

c)

Repetition

d)

Metaphor

22.

Definition: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words

a)

assonance

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

repetition

23.

Definition: words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing, i.e. "boom" or "splash"

a)

irony

b)

imagery

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

repetition

24.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
25.
The rain ran down the road. 
a)
alliteration
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
idiom
26.
I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
27.

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

28.

the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines, phrases, or sentences

a)

assonance

b)

repetition

c)

alliteration

d)

anaphora

29.

repeating the exact same word or phrase multiple times in a row

a)

alliteration

b)

anaphora

c)

repetition

d)

parallel structure

30.

Repeated sentence structure (grammatical) in a text (similar beginnings, middles, or ends).*may repeat some words, but not all.

a)

alliteration

b)

anaphora

c)

couplet

d)

parallel structure

31.

A reference to a famous story, historical event, pop culture (movies or tv) that adds understanding to the topic.

a)

idiom

b)

anaphora

c)

allusion

d)

euphemism

32.

A police officer gets arrested.

a)
Hyperbole
b)
Irony
c)
Assonance
d)
Euphemism
33.
Every man, every woman, every child, should be loved.
a)
Simile
b)
Anaphora
c)
Assonance
d)
Analogy
34.
The tall trees towered over the town.
a)
Pun
b)
Alliteration
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Irony
35.
Roses are red (A)
Violets are blue (B)
I'm out of my head (A)
Thinking about you (B)
a)
Simile
b)
Euphemism
c)
Assonance
d)
Rhyme Scheme