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WorksheetsMilestones Bootcamp: Figurative Language
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 48mins
The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
The west wind dances down the road.
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Alliteration
The band played to a small crowd at the concert.
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
She’s as tiny as a mouse.
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Oxymoron
Her blonde hair shined like the sun.
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Onomatopeia
Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.
Alliteration
Onomatopeia
Simile
Personification
When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Simile
Metaphor
“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopeia
Alliteration
The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Oxymoron
The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Oxymoron
We ate cat fish for dinner.
Oxymoron
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during the awards ceremony.
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly.
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice.
Oxymoron
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Oxymoron
The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the game.
Oxymoron
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Oxymoron
The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
I’d catch a grenade for you.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Definition: describes using 5 senses; helps you see a picture in your mind
Imagery
Idiom
Repetition
Metaphor
Definition: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words
assonance
alliteration
personification
repetition
Definition: words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing, i.e. "boom" or "splash"
irony
imagery
onomatopoeia
repetition
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
"Life is a journey" is an example of what?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines, phrases, or sentences
assonance
repetition
alliteration
anaphora
repeating the exact same word or phrase multiple times in a row
alliteration
anaphora
repetition
parallel structure
Repeated sentence structure (grammatical) in a text (similar beginnings, middles, or ends).*may repeat some words, but not all.
alliteration
anaphora
couplet
parallel structure
A reference to a famous story, historical event, pop culture (movies or tv) that adds understanding to the topic.
idiom
anaphora
allusion
euphemism
A police officer gets arrested.
Violets are blue (B)
I'm out of my head (A)
Thinking about you (B)
