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WorksheetsFigurative Language / 5th
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The pillow was like a marshmallow, puffy and soft
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
2.
What is the meaning of this personification?
"The raindrops danced on the tabletop."
"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.
3.
Larry had a ton of homework to finish because he had been absent on Friday.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Allusion
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
4.
The snow was a blanket covering the ground.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
fuzzy
5.
Sam sat on the shore watching the seahorses.
a)
idiom
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
6.
My mom said that I was on thin ice when I didn't clean my room when she told me to.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Allusion
c)
Irony
d)
Idiom
7.
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
8.
The fog crept silently over the valley blocking out the sun.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Irony
d)
Personification
9.
Fruit is fuel for healthy body.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration
10.
There was a loud bang when the door shut.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
none
11.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
12.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.
The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.
a)
metaphor
b)
oxymoron
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
13.
What type of figurative language is shown?
That freshly baked apple pie looks awfully good.
That freshly baked apple pie looks awfully good.
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
oxymoron
14.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The thunder boomed in the storm.
The thunder boomed in the storm.
a)
oxymoron
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
15.
Match the definition with the term:
giving human traits to objects or ideas
giving human traits to objects or ideas
a)
idiom
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
16.
Match the definition with the term:
comparing two unlike things by saying one is the other
comparing two unlike things by saying one is the other
a)
metaphor
b)
oxymoron
c)
personification
d)
oxymoron
17.
What is an idiom?
a)
a pharse that means something else than what it says
b)
comparing two things using like or as
c)
an extreme exageration
d)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
18.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
comparing two things using like or as
b)
an extreme exaggeration
c)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
d)
words or phrases that are contradictory
19.
What is alliteration?
a)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
b)
a phrase that means something else than what it says
c)
repeating the same initial sound in neighboring words
d)
a contradictory phrase
20.
What is personification?
a)
comparing two things using like or as
b)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
c)
a dramatic exaggeration
d)
a word that resemebles the sound it represents
21.
We were stopped at that red light for an eternity.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
hyperbole
c)
allusion
d)
idiom
22.
The candle flamed danced when anyone walked by.
a)
alliteration
b)
allusion
c)
personification
d)
onomatopoeia
23.
Dad yawned, stretched and said, "Well, it's time to hit the sack."
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
24.
His room is a disaster area.
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
allusion
d)
personification
25.
Muriel complained as she lifted Maria's backpack. "This thing weighs a ton!!"
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
onomatopoeia
26.
The owl hooted from the tree.
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
personfication
d)
alliteration
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