Worksheets6th grade Figurative Language
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; commonly known as figures of speech is called
a)
simile
b)
figurative language
c)
hyperbole
2.
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
3.
A comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as' is called
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
4.
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in the series of words is called
a)
allusion
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
5.
a reference to a person, place or event from history, literature, sports or the arts is called
a)
allusion
b)
metaphor
c)
idiom
6.
A group of words whose collective meaning is very different from their literal meaning (like it is raining cats and dogs)
a)
simile
b)
idiom
c)
onomatopoeia
7.
Words that imitate sounds
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopeia
c)
alliteration
8.
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
idiom
9.
A comparison of two unlike things by saying one is like the other
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
10.
This is a picture of an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true
a)
hyperbole
b)
allusion
c)
alliteration
11.
This is a picture of a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
a)
idiom
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
12.
This is a picture of the cloud having human qualities...remember the cloud isn't human. What word is this?
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
idiom
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