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figurative language

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Verbal Irony is

a)

a play of words

b)

the speaker saying one thing but meaning another

c)

an exaggeration

d)

an illogical expression that means something else

2.

An exaggeration that will never happen

(a)  

3.

A phrase that compares two unlikely things using "like" or "as" is a

(a)  

4.

A phrase comparing two unlikely things

(a)  

5.

"A boiled egg for lunch is hard to beat"

a)

personification

b)

allusion

c)

euphemism

d)

pun

6.

A group of words that are self-contradicting is a(n)

a)

oxymoron

b)

pun

c)

allusion

d)

idiom

7.

An idiom is

a)

a reference to a person, place, or idea with great significance

b)

a phrase that gives human qualities to nonhuman things

c)

group of words that are self-contradicting

d)

an illogical expression that means something else

8.

"His cruel words are a sword to my heart."

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

euphemism

9.

"Lightning McQueen was extremely upset for losing the race."

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

10.

"I love studying for a test every week!"

a)

personification

b)

verbal irony

c)

allusion

d)

hyperbole

11.

"I happily rejected your invitation to the party"

a)

hyperbole

b)

verbal irony

c)

oxymoron

d)

idiom

12.

"Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong."

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia