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Figurative Language Review 1

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The town was surrounded by the living dead after the outbreak.

a)

oxymoron

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

2.

To my dog, our neighborhood park is the Garden of Eden.

a)

Euphemism

b)

Allusion

c)

Personification

d)

Symbolism

3.
  • My shoes begged me not to go for a run today.

a)

personification

b)

oxymoron

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

4.

We're just not compatible. You're a cat person, and I'm a... well, I'm a lizard person.

What is happening in this Euphemism?

a)

One person is breaking up with the other

b)

Two friends are reconnecting

c)

One person is asking the other out

d)

Two people are having a general conversation

5.

The task was as easy as nailing jelly to a tree.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

symbolism

6.

John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem.

a)

metaphor

b)

euphemism

c)

simile

d)

symbolism

7.

I heard the steaks sizzle as they were placed on the grill.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

oxymoron

c)

allusion

d)

euphemism

8.

The rusty door hinges complained as we pushed open the stuck door.

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

symbolism

9.

My wife called her $300 shopping spree retail therapy.

a)

euphemism

b)

oxymoron

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

10.

It was so cold outside, I saw polar bears wearing parkas and sitting by a fire.

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

allusion

11.

After they had broken up, Andrea saw all the red flags (in her ex) she missed when they were dating.

a)

symbolism

b)

simile

c)

euphemism

d)

allusion

12.

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

a)

alliteration

b)

euphemism

c)

metaphor

d)

oxymoron

13.

My friend texted me a question and I responded with a thumbs up emoji.

a)

symbolism

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

14.

My hands were icicles because of the cold weather.

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

euphemism

d)

simile

15.

The thunder grumbled angrily in the distance.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

allusion

d)

oxymoron

16.

In the school play, Freddy roared like a lion.

What is being compared?

a)

Freddy and the Lion

b)

Freddy and Roared

c)

School and the Play

d)

School and the Lion

17.
The dark, cold, silent room was a tomb.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
18.

Use onomatopoeia to complete the sentence.

Miranda hurled the tomato off the building and watched it ________________ on the sidewalk.

a)

fall

b)

land

c)

splatter

d)

explode