Lesson 2.04 Investing in Emotions

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Figurative Language Review

Read each sentence and identify what type of figurative language is included.

1. May I see you in my office for a second?
   1. understatement
   2. metaphor
   3. simile
   4. alliteration

   Answer: a. understatement

2. Splat!
   1. onomatopoeia
   2. metaphor
   3. simile
   4. alliteration

   Answer: a. onomatopoeia

3. There is a small crowd at church tonight.
   1. onomatopoeia
   2. metaphor
   3. simile
   4. oxymoron

   Answer: d. oxymoron

4. I could stay here forever.
   1. onomatopoeia
   2. hyperbole
   3. oxymoron
   4. simile

   Answer: b. hyperbole

5. Pop!
   1. oxymoron
   2. simile
   3. onomatopoeia
   4. understatement

   Answer: c. onomatopoeia

6. The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.
   1. oxymoron
   2. metaphor
   3. simile
   4. understatement

   Answer: b. metaphor

7. Jeff’s room is such a mess; it’s a pigpen.
   1. oxymoron
   2. simile
   3. understatement
   4. metaphor

   Answer: d. metaphor

8. The muscles on his arms are strong as iron bands.
   1. simile
   2. idiom
   3. oxymoron
   4. personification

   Answer: a. simile

9. The wind is whistling through the trees.
   1. simile
   2. personification
   3. idiom
   4. hyperbole

   Answer: b. personification

10. Put a lid on it!
    1. oxymoron
    2. personification
    3. onomatopoeia
    4. idiom

    Answer: d. idiom

11. Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.
    1. simile
    2. metaphor
    3. idiom
    4. onomatopoeia

    Answer: a. simile

12. Suzy sold seashells by the seashore.
    1. oxymoron
    2. understatement
    3. alliteration
    4. metaphor

    Answer: c. alliteration

13. The leaves danced in the breeze.
    1. hyperbole
    2. understatement
    3. alliteration
    4. personification

    Answer: d. personification

14. My backpack weighs a ton!
    1. understatement
    2. personification
    3. hyperbole
    4. simile

    Answer: c. hyperbole

15. She can go at the drop of a hat.
    1. personification
    2. idiom
    3. simile
    4. metaphor

    Answer: b. idiom

16. Jana said “um” in her speech five million times.
    1. hyperbole
    2. understatement
    3. personification
    4. simile

    Answer: a. hyperbole

17. Joann and Steve tied the knot.
    1. hyperbole
    2. understatement
    3. idiom
    4. personification

    Answer: c. idiom

18. John Michael’s eyes are pools of deep blue water.
    1. metaphor
    2. oxymoron
    3. simile
    4. idiom

    Answer: a. metaphor

19. I feel I am walking dead from lack of sleep.
    1. simile
    2. alliteration
    3. personification
    4. oxymoron

    Answer: d. oxymoron

20. Walter walked wearily while wondering where Wally was.
    1. oxymoron
    2. alliteration
    3. metaphor
    4. idiom

    Answer: b. alliteration