WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a comparison using like or as?
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
imagery
d)
cliche'
2.
Time flies by! Is an example of....
a)
idiom
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
3.
I am as hungry as a bear! Is an example of ....
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
4.
The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. This is an example of ......
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
5.
The sad student sat silently in the room. This is an example of ......
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
idiom
d)
personification
6.
BAM! The door shut behind me. This is an example of ......
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
idiom
7.
That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds! This is an example of ......
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
8.
"The city was a jungle" is an example of what? This is an example of ......
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
9.
What is an onomatopoeia?
a)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
b)
A word or phrase that appeals to the 5 senses
c)
A comparison using like or as
d)
A word that is a sound
10.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An exaggeration
b)
A word that is a sound
c)
A word or phrase that appeals to the 5 senses
d)
A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
11.
What is an alliteration?
a)
A word that is a sound
b)
A comparison using like or as
c)
A comparison not using like or as
d)
The same beginning sound repeated
12.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
13.
What is an idiom?
a)
A comparison not using like or as
b)
An exaggeration
c)
A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
d)
The same beginning sounds repeated
14.
What is a metaphor?
a)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
b)
A comparison not using like or as
c)
Words that are sounds
d)
A comparison using like or as
15.
What is imagery?
a)
An exaggeration
b)
A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
c)
The same beginning sound repeated
d)
Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses
16.
What is a simile?
a)
A comparison using like or as
b)
A comparison not using like or as
c)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
d)
A word that is a sound
17.
The giant tree was ablaze with red, orange, and gold leaves. This is an example of ......
a)
Personfication
b)
Imagery
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
18.
Which sentence has an example of a cliche?
a)
Being in my old middle school was a blast from the past
b)
Being in my old middle school brought back many memories.
19.
A Cliche is ?
a)
An expression
b)
An idea that explores truth
c)
An idea that has been over-used
d)
An emotion
20.
Language not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense; it consists of figures of speech is?
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
figurative language
d)
imagery
21.
"Tofu that looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges" is an example of what type of imagery?
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Touch
d)
Taste
22.
". . . In a clamor of doorbells and rumples Christmas packages . . ." is an example of what type of imagery?
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Touch
d)
Smell
23.
Two or more words that end in the same sound.
a)
Repitition
b)
Idiom
c)
Rhyme
d)
Onomatopoeia
24.
A repeating cadence/meter that enriches or emphasizes wrods, phrases, lines, and even whole verses of poems. Alliteration is a type of repitition.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Alliteration
c)
Repetition
d)
Symbol
25.
Symbolism is?
a)
An underlying message about life
b)
Organization of ideas
c)
A person, place, thing, idea that stands for something beyond itself
d)
A logical guess
26.
White symbolises.
a)
Nature
b)
Danger
c)
Purity
d)
Evil
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