WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a simile?
a)
Comparing two unlike things
b)
Words that sound like sounds
c)
Comparing two things using like or as
d)
Exaggeration
2.
What is alliteration?
a)
Exaggeration
b)
Comparing two unlike things
c)
Two or more words that begin with the same sound
d)
Words that sound like sound
3.
What is onomatopoeia?
a)
Words that sound like sounds
b)
Two or more words that begin with the same sound
c)
Exaggeration
d)
Giving a thing the qualities of a person
4.
What is a metaphor?
a)
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
b)
Comparing two things using like or as
c)
Words that begin with the same sound
d)
Saying one thing is another thing
5.
What is hyperbole?
a)
Words that begin with the same sound
b)
Using an unbelievable exaggeration
c)
Words that sound like sounds
d)
Comparing two things that are not alike
6.
What is personification?
a)
Words that sound like sounds
b)
A big exaggeration
c)
Giving human like qualities to inanimate objects and animals
d)
Comparing two unlike things
7.
The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.
What figure of speech is this an example of?
What figure of speech is this an example of?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
8.
The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds.
What figure of speech is this?
What figure of speech is this?
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
9.
The thunder roared and the lightning cracked during the storm.
What type of figurative language is this?
What type of figurative language is this?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
10.
My isn't Martha's macaroni mouthwatering, madame?
What figure of speech is this?
What figure of speech is this?
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Simile
11.
I have so much homework my bookbag weighs a million pounds.
Which figurative language is this?
Which figurative language is this?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
12.
The dolphins danced and played in the waves.
This is an example of which figure of speech?
This is an example of which figure of speech?
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
13.
I'm so thirsty I could drink the Atlantic Ocean.
What figurative language is this an example of?
What figurative language is this an example of?
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
14.
Now kneel, noble knight, on your knobby knees.
This is an example of?
This is an example of?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Idiom
d)
Alliteration
15.
Kerplop, went the rock in the pond.
This is an example of what figure of speech?
This is an example of what figure of speech?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Idiom
d)
Hyperbole
16.
Rachel is a walking encyclopedia.
Which figure of speech is this?
Which figure of speech is this?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Idiom
17.
The boy was standing like a statue on the sidewalk in everyone's way.
Which figurative language is this?
Which figurative language is this?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
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