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Figurative language personification/metaphor/hyperbole

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The gun roared with an awful voice and the man fell to the floor

a)

Metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

2.

You are the light that brightens my sky

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

3.

I didn't breathe for hours waiting for her to get home

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

4.

it was like waiting for a train that would never show up

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

5.

The trees laughed as the wind and rain of the thundershower tickled their branches

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

6.

The cask of Amontillado and The Tell-Tale Heart are in the genre of...

a)

French Poetry

b)

Early american romance

c)

Fantasy

d)

Horror/Macabre

7.

Seeking great wealth is chasing the wind

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

8.

Trying to be the most popular person school is like pouring water on the ground.

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

9.

The awful violence sings a song of painful mourning.

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile

10.

The professional athelete wore size 36 shoes.

a)

personification

b)

hyporbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

11.

A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand.

a)

apostrophe

b)

allusion

c)

allegory

d)

antonym

12.
_____a figure of speech in which two a things are compared, NOT using like or as 
a)
Simile 
b)
Metaphor 
c)
Personification 
13.
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a...
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Foreshadowing
14.
language that is not meant to be taken literally
a)
figurative language
b)
simile
c)
rhyme
d)
lines
15.
When he heard the scream, claws of fear tore at his scalp.
a)
literal language
b)
figurative language
16.

When two things are compared by saying that one thing is the other thing

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

alliteration

17.

The comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, typically using the words like or as, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Allusion

d)

Allegory

18.

Sometimes life is a real grind

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

19.

The wind screamed it's deep throated warning as the tornado bore down on the trailer park

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

20.

He picked the world up and moved it on his shoulders

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

personification