Figurative Language: Read The Following Passage

Iocabulary
Name Date
Figurative Language
Use the text to answer each question below.
1. A metaphor is a comparison between two things or ideas to show how one of the things is similar to the
other. Unlike a simile, a metaphor does not use the words ”like" or "as."
Read the following passage.
Mike’s love for tacos 6urns bright, on undying flame thot con never 6e extinguished, not even by a
bad cholupo.
Which of the following best describes the metaphor in this passage?

A. Mike’s love for tacos is compared to a bad B. Mike loves tacos.
chalupa.
C. Mike’s love for tacos is compared to a D. Mike’s love is compared to a taco.
flame.
2. An allusion is a direct or indirect reference to something historical, literary, religious or mythical. Allusions
can help people see unique connections between two ideas.
Read the following passage:
The stray cot stalked down the street. Her walk was proud--she 6orely flinched when a cor on the
corner backfired. She reached the end of the street and mode one majestic leap to the top of on
open trash con, where, with great dignity, she settled over a meal of broken bones, a back alley
Cleopatra.
Which detail from the text contains an

allusion?
A. “She reached the end of the street and B. “Her walk was proud...”
made one majestic leap...”

c. “The stray cat stalked down the street.” D. “...she settled over a meal of broken bones,
a back alley Cleopatra.“
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s. A simile is a comparison of two things using the words like or as.
Read the following passage.
Paul ofien got lost while he was driving. He was easily confused by street signs and besides,
driving was so boring. He liked to distract himself by imagining what the other drivers were
thinking. “My mind is like a puppy dog,” be laughed, “always chasing after something new.”/\4oy6e
the family in the car next to him was on the run; maybe the truck driver up ahead was transporting
something fantastic, like diamonds, moy6e the woman driving alone in the car behind him was a
future movie star. Or maybe, like him, they were all trying to imagine anything except the road in
front of them. He would speculate a6out all of this until he realized be had missed his exit or
driven too for in the wrong direction and then he would curse his own imagination.
Which detail from the text contains a

simile?
B. “My mind is like a puppy dog...”
A. “..he would curse his own imagination.”
D. “Paul often got lost while he was driving.”
c. “Maybe the family in the car next to
him was on the run...”
4. Juxtaposition is when two unlike things are positioned next to each other.
Which of the following is an example of juxtaposition?

A. “It was a bright cold day in April” B. “It was a dark and stormy night.”
c. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of D. “There were no marigolds in the fall of
times.” 1941.”
5. When an author gives objects, concepts or animals human characteristics, emotions or abilities, that’s
personification.
Which of the following is an example of personification?

A. The night sighed, and it seemed as if the B. The rabbit leaped over the fallen branch
evening sky was yawning. and vanished into the woods.
C. Oliver decided to indulge his friend’s D. I ran as swiftly as a deer across the lawn,
fantasies and smiled warmly. eager to greet my brother.
6. Onomatopoeia is the name for words that sound like what they describe.
Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

A. “Voila,” the chef announced, revealing a B. “Yikes!” Riley exclaimed, gritting her teeth.
glorious dessert, set aflame. “I do not want to talk about that!“
c. Justin poured a glass of soda, listening to D. Haroun could hear, from the crowd,
shouts the bubbles fizz in the glass. of “Hooray!” and chants of his name.
7. Hyperbole is a purposeful exaggeration or overstatement.
Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

A. With the tournament win, Julia was B. Peter received the lowest scores of any of
declared a champion golfer. the runners.
C. That kitten was so cute I died when I saw it. D. I feel happiest when I’ve won a game of
Scrabble
8. Assonance is the smoothest, coolest, loosest literary term on the block. It is the repetition of vowel
sounds in words that are close together, and it is sometimes known as "internal rhyme" or "slant
rhyme.”
Which of the following song lyrics contain assonance?

A. ”Memories keep playing back, all the nights B. ”My restlessness is my nemesis/ It’s hard
to we used to love/ Just wondering how we really chill and sit still"
used to was, used to was”
C. ”Into the roads/ It’s open/ Bare to your left D. ”I got my city doing front flips"
my heart sits there"
9. Alliteration is the repetition of sounds, especially the first consonant sounds in two or more
neighboring words. Remember, consonants are any letter that’s not a vowel.
Which of the following song lyrics contain an example of alliteration?

A. ”When I’m on the mic I stand tall with gall” B. "Drama, so close to not completing the
missing piece of the puzzle"
C. ”Stuck in Nintendo, you’re the
D. ”My mind makes marvelous moves,
controller/ Street Fighter and such"
masses/ Marvel and move, many
mock what I’ve mastered”
1O. When you use verbal irony, you say one thing, but you actually mean the opposite. It can take the form
of sarcasm, overstatement or understatement. Irony is also when the opposite of what you expect
actually happens.
Which of the following is an example of verbal irony?

A. Her step is as light as a feather.
B. “You are beautiful like a summer day,” she
told the winner of the baby beauty
c. Talking to him is about as interesting as
pageant.
reading a dictionary.
D. Her voice is as sweet as honey.
11. When you make a pun, you're exploiting or playing with the multiple meanings of words.
Which of the following is an example of a pun?

A. I could hear the frogs croaking and B. I read a book about gravity: it was pretty
ribbeting in the swamp. heavy.
c. Pop! I heard the tire burst and then the slow D. Love is like a warm blanket on a cold day.
hiss as air released.

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Iocabulary

Read the following passage.

Which of the following best describes the metaphor in this passage?

Read the following passage:

Which detail from the text contains an

made one majestic leap...”

Read the following passage.

Which detail from the text contains a

Which of the following is an example of juxtaposition?

Which of the following is an example of personification?

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

7. Hyperbole is a purposeful exaggeration or overstatement.

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

Which of the following song lyrics contain assonance?

Which of the following song lyrics contain an example of alliteration?

Which of the following is an example of verbal irony?

Which of the following is an example of a pun?

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