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WorksheetsFigurative Language Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
"Her face was as red as a tomato" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
2.
A comparison using like or as is which type of figurative language?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Assonance
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Simile
3.
A word whose sounds suggests its meaning is which type of figurative language?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
4.
"He thought he was going to die from embarrassment" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Assonance
c)
Idiom
d)
Simile
5.
"Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Allusion
6.
A reference to a well-known work of literature, art, music, etc. is what type of figurative language?
a)
Personification
b)
Idiom
c)
Allusion
d)
Assonance
7.
When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. (kind of like rhyming) is what kind of figurative language?
a)
Assonance
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Idiom
8.
The use of vivid description to create a picture in the reader’s mind is what type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Idiom
c)
Personification
d)
Imagery
9.
"The golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the pale new leaves on the oak trees, coming to rest on Jessica's brown toes that were splayed in the red Georgia mud" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
a)
Idiom
b)
Imagery
c)
Assonance
d)
Metaphor
10.
A group of words used in a phrase or expression which means something different than what the words actually say is what kind of figurative language?
a)
Idiom
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
11.
"She’s really in a pickle" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Imagery
b)
Idiom
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
12.
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?
a)
Personification
b)
Imagery
c)
Assonance
d)
Alliteration
13.
"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
14.
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words is which type of figurative language?
a)
Assonance
b)
Personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
15.
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true is which type of figurative language?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification
16.
A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as is which type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
17.
Common animal sounds such as moo, meow, and ribbit are examples of which kind of figurative language?
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
18.
"Johnny is a real Romeo when it comes to the ladies" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Allusion
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personifiction
19.
"Men sell the wedding bells" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Assonance
20.
"The gentle giant jumped in jubilation" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Imagery
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