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WorksheetsELA - Similes, Metaphors, Hyperboles, and Personification
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is figurative language?
a)
Language that means more than what the words say.
b)
Language that means exactly what the words say.
c)
Language full of descriptive words
d)
Language used for comparing and contrasting
2.
This house is as clean as a whistle.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
3.
My bed called to me.
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
4.
My brother is a boiling pot of madness.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personifcation
d)
hyperbole
5.
I spent an eternity working my my language arts project.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
6.
The math assignment was a breeze.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
personification
7.
She is as thin as a toothpick.
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
personification
8.
The wind sang through the trees.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
9.
That girl is as tough as nails.
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
simile
10.
My brain screamed in pain from all of the noise.
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
simile
11.
My mother yelled at me nonstop the entire day.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
12.
The river laughed at the frolicking fish.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
13.
My big brother is a couch potato.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
14.
The movie sucked like a vampire with a sore throat.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
15.
He shouted his love was for eternity.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
16.
He is a walking dictionary.
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
17.
Tonya is as sweet as sugar.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
18.
The snow was as white as a cloud.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
19.
The band played louder than a sonic boom.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
20.
The flute sang out beautifully during the concert.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
Adele
21.
My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
22.
After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
23.
When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
24.
The flowers begged for a drink water on the hot summer day.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
25.
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
metaphor
26.
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
27.
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!
28.
Identify the hyperbole 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!
29.
Fruit is fuel for healthy body.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
30.
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
31.
The raindrops danced on the tabletop then rolled away gracefully.
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
32.
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)
hyperbole
33.
She swims like a fish.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
34.
She was a giant oak tree.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
35.
She is fast as a rocket!
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
36.
He is a sneaky fox slinking through the crowd.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
37.
The fish laughed as the fisherman reeling in another empty hook.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
38.
The fireworks thundered louder than five hundred cannons.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personfication
d)
hyperbole
39.
His face was as red as a lobster after spending the day at the beach.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
40.
His hands were sandpaper.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
41.
The sheep screamed at the sheers to stop.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
42.
The roses grabbed the trellis and climbed onto the roof.
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
personification
43.
You are the most annoying child in the entire world screamed the lady.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
44.
The eggs screamed as the fork stabbed into them.
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
45.
The boy was a slow as a handicapped snail crawling across a salt lick.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
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