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The Boy Who Dared Figurative language and sentence types

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the figurative language used: Fear clung to him like a second skin.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

e)

Idiom

2.

Identify the figurative language used: The silence in the prison cell pressed down on him.

a)

Idiom

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

e)

Simile

3.

Identify the figurative language used: The Nazi regime was a machine that crushed anyone who resisted.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Personification

4.

Identify the figurative language used: His heart pounded so loudly it felt like the guards could hear it.

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Idiom

5.

Identify the figurative language used: Berlin was a city holding its breath.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Idiom

d)

Personification

e)

Hyperbole

6.

Identify the figurative language used: Helmuth knew the truth would come back to haunt him.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Idiom

7.

Identify the figurative language used: The radio programs were a lifeline in a sea of lies.

a)

Idiom

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Personification

8.

Identify the figurative language used: Time crawled as Helmuth waited in his cell.

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

e)

Idiom

9.

Identify the figurative language used: The lies spread faster than wildfire.

a)

Idiom

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Personification

10.

Identify the figurative language used: Standing up to the Nazis felt like carrying the weight of the world.

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

e)

Idiom

11.

Identify the sentence type: Helmuth listened carefully to the radio.

a)

Compound-complex

b)

Complex

c)

Compound

d)

Simple

12.

Identify the sentence type: Helmuth listened to the radio, and he took notes in secret.

a)

Compound

b)

Compound-complex

c)

Complex

d)

Simple

13.

Identify the sentence type: When the broadcast ended, Helmuth hid the papers.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound-complex

14.

Identify the sentence type: Helmuth listened to the radio, and he shared what he learned with his friends, even though it was dangerous.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound-complex

c)

Compound

d)

Complex

15.

Identify the sentence type: The guards searched the apartment.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound-complex

16.

Identify the sentence type: The guards searched the apartment, but they found nothing.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound-complex

17.

Identify the sentence type: Because the Nazis controlled the news, Helmuth trusted the foreign broadcasts.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound-complex

18.

Identify the sentence type: Helmuth wrote leaflets, and his friends distributed them while the city slept.

a)

Compound

b)

Compound-complex

c)

Simple

d)

Complex

19.

Identify the sentence type: Although he was afraid, Helmuth refused to remain silent.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound-complex

20.

Identify the sentence type: Helmuth wrote the truth, and he spread it across Hamburg, even when he knew the risks.

a)

Compound-complex

b)

Complex

c)

Compound

d)

Simple