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WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Class
Date
1.
True or False:
Poetry must always rhyme.
Poetry must always rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What is an idiom?
a)
The use of symbols in writing to express something to the reader.
b)
An exaggeration.
c)
Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.
d)
A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.
3.
I am dying of shame is an example of...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
4.
What is a simile?
a)
Comparing two unlike things without using like and as
b)
Comparing two things in a text
c)
Comparing two unlike things using like and as
d)
None of the above
5.
The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
6.
What is a metaphor?
a)
Comparing two things in a text
b)
Comparing two things using like and as
c)
An over exaggeration
d)
Comparing two things without using like and as
7.
It happened once in a blue moon is an example of a(n)...
a)
Idiom
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration
8.
The water well is as dry as a bone is an example of a(n)...
a)
Alliteration
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
9.
What is personification
a)
Giving human qualities to a human
b)
Giving non living qualities to living things
c)
Comparing something to a nonliving thing.
d)
Giving human qualities to a non human things
10.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally.
b)
Telling the truth
c)
Comparing a rock to a island
d)
Break a leg
11.
What is an example of an alliteration?
a)
The vase flew off of the shelf.
b)
Powerful pandas punch parrots.
c)
The plant liked to fly.
d)
I like to eat pie
12.
Onomatopoeia is...
a)
An exaggerated statement
b)
A sound effect
c)
A comparison of two things using like or as
d)
The use of a word associated with a sound.
13.
He was a car speeding through the streets is an example of...
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
14.
He was as cool as a cucumber is an example of a(n)
a)
Simile
b)
Dessert
c)
Metaphor
d)
None of the above
15.
Time flies by! Is an example of....
a)
idiom
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
16.
The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. This is an example of ......
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
17.
"The city was a jungle" is an example of what? This is an example of ......
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
18.
What is an onomatopoeia?
a)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
b)
A word or phrase that appeals to the 5 senses
c)
A comparison using like or as
d)
A word that is a sound
19.
What is free verse?
a)
The same thing as prose
b)
Poetry that only has 6 lines
c)
Poetry that doesn't rhyme
d)
Poetry that doesn't cost any money
20.
A poem with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the 3rd line is called _________________.
a)
free verse
b)
acrostic
c)
prose
d)
haiku
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