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WorksheetsFigurative Language - Fisher
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 13mins
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1.
A metaphor is:
a)
a comparison of two unlike objects that uses the words like or as.
b)
a type of figurative language that makes a comparison that is NOT literal.
c)
an extreme exaggeration.
d)
a word is a sound effect.
2.
Personification is:
a)
An extreme exaggeration.
b)
a comparison of two unlike object using like or as.
c)
a word that is equal to a sound effect.
d)
when a non-human object is given human .characteristics
3.
A hyperbole is:
a)
a comparison between to unlike objects using like or as.
b)
An extreme exaggeration.
c)
Giving a non-human object human characteristics
d)
using language that appeals to touch, smell, sight, taste, or hearing.
4.
Sensory detail is:
a)
When the writer appeals to the reader through sight, hearing, touch, taste or smell.
b)
a type of figurative language that makes a comparison that is NOT literal.
c)
a sound effect word
d)
when a non-human object is given human characteristics.
5.
A simile is:
a)
a type of figurative language that makes a comparison that is NOT literal.
b)
a comparison between two objects using like or as.
c)
Giving human characteristics to a non-human object.
d)
an extreme exaggeration.
6.
"The disappointment cut him (Brian) down and made him new."
The above figurative language is an example of:
The above figurative language is an example of:
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Sensory Language
d)
Personification
7.
The bitter taste burned his throat as it came up from his stomach and onto the ground. His stomach continued to cramp and he knew he wasn't going to sleep.
The above text is an example of:
The above text is an example of:
a)
metaphor
b)
sensory detail
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
8.
"He wiped his mouth and tried to move his leg, which had stiffened like wood."
The above text means
The above text means
a)
Brian could not move due to the fallen tree.
b)
Brian could move his leg because of the embedded slivers
c)
Brian's leg would move because like wood it would not bend
d)
Brian could move because he was too weak from hunger.
9.
"his legs were on fire,and his forehead felt as if somebody had been pounding on it with a hammer."
What does the above text mean?
What does the above text mean?
a)
Brian needed to get out of the burning plane
b)
Getting out of the plane crash had been physically exhausting.
c)
Brian's fight with his mother had given him a headache
d)
Brian was lucky that he was alive.
10.
"his leg was instantly torn with pain as if a hundred needles had been driven into it."
What did Paulsen mean when he used the above figurative language?
What did Paulsen mean when he used the above figurative language?
a)
Brian was suffering a great deal due to his injury.
b)
Brian was stabbed by supplies from the emergency pack from the plane.
c)
That 100 hundred needles had been driven into Brian's leg.
d)
Brian had been sitting so long his leg had fallen asleep.
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