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Fabulous Figurative Language

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"
a)
Photography is one of my hobbies.
b)
I own an expensive camera.
c)
Photos of me are always really good. 
d)
I like to visit art museums.
2.
The snow was as white as a cloud.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
fluffy
3.
Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
4.
The band played as loud as a sonic boom.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
eardrums
5.
Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
6.
Simile or Metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
7.
The flute sang out beautifully during the concert.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
Adele
8.
Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
9.
My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personfication
d)
smelly
10.
After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hot chocolate
11.
When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
12.
"My flowers were begging for water on the hot summer day" is an example of:
a)
antonym
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
 hyperbole
13.
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
14.
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
15.
Identify the Simile below...
a)
The tree danced in the wind.
b)
She is as tall as a tree!
c)
That cat is the devil.
d)
My backpack weighs a thousand tons!
16.
Fruit is fuel for healthy body. 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration 
17.
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
18.
What is the meaning of this personification?
"The raindrops danced on the tabletop."
a)
Raindrops danced around on the table. 
b)
The rain hit the table and bounced off.
c)
The rain soaked the patio.
d)
The rain watered the plants.
19.
Identify the Simile below...
a)
The tree danced in the wind.
b)
She is as tall as a tree!
c)
That cat is the devil.
d)
My backpack weighs a thousand tons!
20.
In the morning Mr. Cavalier is Paul Revere shouting down the hall, "The students are coming!  The students are coming!"
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
horse