WorksheetsFigurative Language Terms
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
From William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet:
“Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of the field” (IV.v.33-34).
“Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of the field” (IV.v.33-34).
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Onomatopeoia
2.
"I had also developed my own culture. Work. I did four or five media jobs in England, juggling them like a clown."
- Tuesdays with Morrie
- Tuesdays with Morrie
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Allusion
d)
Allusion
3.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
a)
Assonance
b)
Alliteration
c)
Allusion
d)
Allegory
4.
Comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Simile
5.
A reference to something in history, mythology, literature, etc., which the author expects the reader to recognize.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Allusion
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Metaphor
6.
An intentional exaggeration for effect.
a)
Imagery
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyperbole
7.
Using words that appeal to the five senses or proper nouns and adjectives to help the reader visualize the person, place, thing, or idea being described.
a)
Idiom
b)
Imagery
c)
Figurative language
d)
Literal language
8.
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Simile
9.
Giving human qualities to inhuman things.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Specific details
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
10.
From To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee:
“But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself” (6).
“But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself” (6).
a)
Alliteration
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Simile
11.
“’Today is the first day of the rest of our lives.’ We have heard this saying a million times. Only this time, it is particularly pertinent."
a)
Alliteration
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
12.
“The waves laughed as they knocked my little sister over in the ocean”
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
13.
A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
14.
From Tuesdays with Morrie: "After the funeral my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not move quickly enough."
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
imagery
d)
hyperbole
15.
From Tuesdays with Morrie: "ALS is like a lit candle; it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax."
a)
simile
b)
allusion
c)
alliteration
d)
personification
16.
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes" (11). - Romeo and Juliet
a)
alliteration
b)
allusion
c)
literal language
d)
metaphor
17.
“Lady, such a man as all the world--Why he’s a man of wax” (25). - Romeo and Juliet
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
18.
“Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, Toward Phoebus’ lodging, Such a wagoner And Phaeton would whip you to the west, And bring in cloudy night immediately.” - Romeo and Juliet
a)
allusion
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
19.
Even though Erica was sad, I told her the events were a blessing in disguise.
a)
idiom
b)
literal language
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
20.
Before the show, Martha told Erin to "break a leg."
a)
simile
b)
figurative language
c)
idiom
d)
onomatopoeia
21.
When I threw the rock, I heard a splish-splash sound in the pond.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
figurative language
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
22.
Your test will be on Monday and will contain questions related to the 14 terms we have been studying.
a)
idiom
b)
literal language
c)
mood
d)
tone
23.
This is an example of:
“There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible…”
“There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible…”
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
24.
Today is Friday.
a)
literal language
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
connotation
25.
“Wall Street” literally means a street situated in Lower Manhattan but it refers to “wealth” and “power”, which creates a negative feeling for some.
a)
connotation
b)
figurative language
c)
metaphor
d)
tone
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