WorksheetsFigurative Language Review
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 34mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town.
2.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
3.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
4.
What is the definition of hyperbole?
a)
When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
b)
When words sound like what they mean.
c)
An extreme exaggeration
d)
A comparison
5.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.
6.
"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
7.
"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
8.
What is this is an example of: 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
9.
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
a)
Her hair is red.
b)
She talks really loudly.
c)
She gets really angry.
d)
She spits when she talks.
10.
The pie was so tough I needed an ax to cut it.
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
11.
What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"
"The camera loves me!"
a)
Photography is one of my hobbies.
b)
I own an expensive camera.
c)
Photos of me are always really good.
d)
I like to visit art museums.
12.
What's the meaning of this hyperbole?
"Shawn would move mountains for Angela."
"Shawn would move mountains for Angela."
a)
Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together.
b)
Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes.
c)
Shawn would do anything for Angela.
d)
Angela is really pretty.
13.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Life is one long, adventurous roller coaster.
Life is one long, adventurous roller coaster.
a)
simile
b)
onomatopeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
14.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.
Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
15.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The run down house looked depressed.
The run down house looked depressed.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
16.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I wish you could see
How much I love you!
What sound device is indicated by the highlighted words?
Violets are blue.
I wish you could see
How much I love you!
What sound device is indicated by the highlighted words?
a)
meter
b)
rhyme
c)
onomatopoeia
17.
A poem that sounds similar to everyday speech (with no rhyme or meter) is called...
a)
free verse
b)
captive verse
c)
acrostic
18.
the repetition of vowel sounds
a)
assonance
b)
diction
c)
prose
19.
descriptive language that appeals to our senses
a)
imagery
b)
sonnet
c)
metaphor
20.
the voice talking to the reader in a poem
a)
speaker
b)
tone
c)
prose
21.
a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject or toward an audience
a)
tone
b)
diction
c)
couplet
22.
a musical quality in language based on repetition
a)
rhythm
b)
hyperbole
c)
diction
23.
A group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)
a)
Stanza
b)
Haiku
24.
A stanza is...
a)
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
b)
Lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
25.
Words that rhyme at the end of the line.
EX: Yes it's true, I'm a CAT.
When I go out, I wear a HAT.
EX: Yes it's true, I'm a CAT.
When I go out, I wear a HAT.
a)
end rhyme
b)
partial rhyme
c)
middle rhyme
d)
stanza
26.
Words that rhyme inside the line.
EX: I'm a CAT who wears a HAT.
EX: I'm a CAT who wears a HAT.
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
partial rhyme
c)
end rhyme
d)
internal rhyme
27.
A poem that tells a story and has characters, a setting, and a plot.
a)
partial rhyme
b)
haiku
c)
narrative
d)
ballad
28.
The pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem, written as letters.
EX: ABAB CDCD
EX: ABAB CDCD
a)
narrative
b)
stanza
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
partial rhyme
29.
When the current setting is interupted to go back in time to learn more about a character or a situation, it is called...
a)
Foreshadow
b)
Flashback
30.
Lightening streaked across the greenish-black sky yet, the air was oddly still. When the warning siren shrieked, the family knew that they should head for the storm cellar.
a)
Foreshadow
b)
Flashback
31.
The use of clues or hints to suggest something is going to happen in the future is called ....
a)
foreshadow
b)
flashback
32.
Although she thought the roller coaster ride would be fun, the sensation of being flipped through the air made Rosie relive the horrible car accident she had suffered eight years ago.
a)
Foreshadow
b)
Flashback
33.
You see a story on the news about a police station being robbed.
a)
Irony
b)
Not Irony
34.
What is the "mood" of a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
35.
What is the definition of tone?
a)
The feeling created for the reader.
b)
The author's attitude about a subject.
c)
The images created in the mind of the reader.
d)
A comparison using like or as.
36.
What is the definition of mood?
a)
The feeling created by the author for the reader.
b)
The author's attitude towards the subject.
c)
The images created in the mind of the reader.
d)
A comparison using like or as
37.
Walk in her shoes means.....
a)
I have the same shoes
b)
Feel what she feels
c)
Go for a walk
d)
Her shoes are good for walking
38.
On the right track means...
a)
On the train track
b)
Next to the train
c)
Doing what I need to do to meet my goals
d)
Going on vacation
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