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WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which example is a metaphor?
a)
I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.
b)
Lightning danced across the sky.
c)
The stuntman flipped from a forty foot Ferris wheel.
d)
The dog is as big as an elephant.
2.
My alarm clock screams and yells at me every morning.
What is this example of figurative language?
What is this example of figurative language?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
3.
My dad is as brave as a lion.
What type of figurative language is this?
What type of figurative language is this?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyperbole
4.
What is this an example of?
The table groaned under the the weight of the Thanksgiving feast.
The table groaned under the the weight of the Thanksgiving feast.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
5.
Bang! Boom! All the pots fell down.
What is this an example of?
What is this an example of?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Onomotopeia
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
6.
The stars dance at night.
What type of figurative language is this?
What type of figurative language is this?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Simile
7.
The ghouls and ghosts greeted the gangly goblins.
What type of figurative language is this?
What type of figurative language is this?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
8.
I can smell pizza from a mile away.
What type of figurative language is this?
What type of figurative language is this?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
9.
Which sentence is an example of personification?
a)
This car goes faster than the speed of light.
b)
The turkey was as big as a giant
c)
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
d)
Traffic slowed to a crawl
10.
Is this an example of a simile or a metaphor?
He hung his head like a dying flower.
He hung his head like a dying flower.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
11.
Is this sentence a metaphor?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
a)
Yes!
b)
No!
12.
The librarian read 500,000,000 books in one day!
What is this an example of?
What is this an example of?
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Simile
13.
The assembly was as long as the Great Depression!
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
14.
Which sentence is an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Bang!Boom!Crackle! The fireworks exploded.
b)
Sally sells seashells down at the seashore.
c)
The thunder sounded like a bomb.
15.
Is this sentence a metaphor?
The book was as long as Niagara Falls!
The book was as long as Niagara Falls!
a)
Yes
b)
No
16.
What is this sentence an example of.
BOOM! The ball hit the sweet-spot of the bat.
BOOM! The ball hit the sweet-spot of the bat.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
None
17.
This city never sleeps.
What is this an example of?
What is this an example of?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
None
d)
Personification
18.
Getting hit by the baseball is like being burned by fire.
What is this an example of.
What is this an example of.
a)
None
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Simile
d)
Alliteration
19.
What is the definition of a hyperbole?
a)
Comparing two things using like or as
b)
Comparing things NOT USING LIKE OR AS
c)
An exaggeration
20.
What is the definition of Simile?
a)
Comparing two things using LIKE or AS
b)
Comparing things NOT USING LIKE OR AS
c)
An exaggeration
21.
What is the definition of a Metaphor?
a)
An exaggeration
b)
Comparing two things USING LIKE OR AS
c)
Comparing two things NOT USING LIKE OR AS.
22.
What is the definition of alliteration?
a)
The occurrence of the same sound or letter.
b)
Comparing two things USING LIKE OR AS
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
Comparing two things NOT USING LIKE OR AS.
23.
What is the definition of Onomatopoeia?
a)
Giving objects human features.
b)
An exaggeration.
c)
The formation of a word from a sound.
d)
Comparing two things using LIKE OR AS.
24.
What is the definition of personification?
a)
An exaggeration.
b)
Giving objects human features
c)
Comparing two things USING LIKE OR AS.
d)
The formation of a word from a sound.
25.
Is this sentence a metaphor?
The wind howled last night.
The wind howled last night.
a)
Yes
b)
No
26.
Is this sentence a simile?
My new shoes are like diamonds.
My new shoes are like diamonds.
a)
Yes
b)
No
27.
What keywords help you identify if a sentence is a simile?
a)
Like or as
b)
Yes or No
c)
Is and were
d)
None of the above
28.
What keyword helps you know the sentence is a Metaphor?
a)
Like or as
b)
Is and was
c)
Two and two
d)
None of the above
29.
Is this sentence a hyperbole?
The baseball was bigger than my house
The baseball was bigger than my house
a)
Yes
b)
No
30.
Is this sentence a simile.
When I cut my finger with the knife it felt like a fire was burning me!
When I cut my finger with the knife it felt like a fire was burning me!
a)
Yes
b)
No
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