Figurative Language

Review

Name The Figurative Language!1. The road was a

ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.

Metaphor

Name The Figurative Language!2. I heard her skirt

swish as she walked leisurely up the

winding staircase.

Onomatopoeia

Name The Figurative Language!3. Paula wears so

much make-up she has to use a

sandblaster to get it off at night.

Hyperbole

Name The Figurative Language!4. My love is like a red, red rose.

Simile

Name The Figurative Language!5. Our family dinner was a

combination of boisterous conversation that made the room hum with the sound of happiness,

badly burnt chicken that tasted like rubber, and the scent of

freshly baked bread that reminded me of home.

Imagery

Name The Figurative Language!6. The stars danced

playfully in the moonlit

sky.

Personification

Name The Figurative Language!7. Every time

I tell a lie, I expect my

nose to grow like

Pinocchio’s.

Allusion/Simile

Name The Figurative Language!8. An old man turned ninety-

eight. He won the lottery and died the next day of chronic

emphysema from inhalation of the latex particles scratched

off a decades' worth of lottery tickets.

Situational Irony

Name The Figurative Language!9. The deafening

silence was unbearable.

Oxymoron

Name The Figurative Language!10. Emily didn't like to

spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased

anything except the bare necessities.

Allusion/Metaphor

Name The Figurative Language!11. While running drills in

gym class one humid afternoon in June, Chris

yelled to his teacher, “Sir, can we go inside? I think I

might sweat to death!”

Hyperbole

Name The Figurative Language!12. As I stumbled to the

breakfast table in a sleepy haze, I knew the only thing that could wake me up was the delightful snap, crackle,

and pop of my favourite morning cereal.

Onomatopoeia/Allusion

Name The Figurative Language!13. Because I could not stop for Death,

He kindly stopped for me;The carriage held but just

ourselvesAnd Immortality.

Personification

Name The Figurative Language!14. When she tasted

the sour candy, Sarah’s mouth

suddenly puckered like a fish under water.

Simile

Name The Figurative Language!15. A breathtaking flower

quickly withers and dies, which represents the

fleeting nature of beauty and reminds us that

everything will eventually age and decay.

Symbolism

Name The Figurative Language!16. The goalie was a

brick wall, because when he was in the net, nothing could

get past him.

Metaphor

Name The Figurative Language!17. The crimson blood flowed

slowly down his charred face, and I could smell the burning

wreckage in the distance as the screams of the people still trapped within the building

echoed ominously through the brisk night air.

Imagery

Name The Figurative Language!18. Betty Botter bought

some butter, but, she said, the butter’s bitter; if I put it in my batter it will make my

batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my

batter better.

Alliteration

Name The Figurative Language!19. Maureen, tormented by

envy and jealousy, put on the flowing green gown for the party where she knew her former lover would be

with another woman.

Symbolism

Name The Figurative Language!20. The ending

of the game was truly bitter

sweet.

Oxymoron