WorksheetsWeek 23 Vocabulary
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
A detailed comparison that extends through multiple lines, paragraphs, pages, or an entire work
Imagery
Hyperbole
Personification
Extended Metaphor
Repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words to create a lyrical effect
Extended Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Giving a human quality or characteristic to something that is not human
Personfication
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Analogy
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Idiom
Paradox
A comparison to show similarities between objects or ideas
Extended Metaphor
Analogy
Oxymoron
Alliteration
A figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings
Idiom
Oxymoron
Analogy
Paradox
A phrase that does not literally mean what it says, but is understood because of its popular use
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
Extended Metaphor
Language used by writers to create images in the mind of the reader
Analogy
Imagery
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Which of the following is an extended metaphor?
...Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest...
Geo. Washington.
Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. -Alexander Hamilton
3+6=9 but so does 4+5. The way you do things is not always the only way to do them. Respect others ways of thinking. -Anonymous
Make your life a masterpiece; Imagine no limitations on what you can be, have or do. -Brian Tracy
Did you hear about the guy who lost his left arm? He's all right now.
Pun
Idiom
A boy swallowed some coins. When the doctor checked in, the nurse said, "No change yet."
Pun
Idiom
The teacher must have eyes in the back of her head. She always knows when we are playing games on our Chromebook.
Pun
Idiom
Which is an example of an oxymoron?
A little pain never hurt anyone.
It was the age of belief, it was the age of incredulity.
He at flaming hot Cheetos.
It's a sunny morning.
Which of the following is NOT an oxymoron?
mild hot sauce
a wise fool
a calculated risk
a smart decision
I can resist anything but temptation.
Oxymoron
Paradox
Carlos never sits still. He must have ants in his pants.
Pun
Idiom
The first rule of fight club is: You do not talk about fight club.
Paradox
Oxymoron
"The fragrance of the flowers filled the air" appeals to my sense of smell because it creates (a) in my head.
"Mommy made me mash my M&Ms" is an example of an (a) .
"The lumberjack leveled many trees that day as his chainsaw sang its deadly song" is an example of (a) .
Tina's baby sister is smaller than a mustard seed.
Amari ate a truckload of lo-mein.
Carrie's personality is larger than life.
All of the following are examples of (a) .
"If you want my final opinion on the mystery of life and all that, I can give it to you in a nutshell. The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe."
This simile is also an example of an (a) .
