WorksheetsFigurative Devices
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Hyperbole refers to ________
a)
emphasis
b)
exaggeration
c)
explanation
d)
encouragement
2.
A metaphor is different to a simile because...
a)
it is a direct comparison and not a indirect one
b)
it uses like or as
c)
it compares two things only whereas a simile can compare more
d)
it is a comparison and a simile is not
3.
True or False: personification is a special kind of animorphism
a)
true
b)
false
4.
"It is raining cats and dogs" is an example of a _________.
a)
idiom
b)
animorphism
c)
proverb
d)
pun
5.
Finding Nemo (the movie) makes use of ______
a)
hyperbole
b)
irony
c)
animorphism
d)
personification
6.
"The trees waved in the wind" is an example of ________
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
redundancy
7.
"many are called; few are chosen" is an example of a ______
a)
paradox
b)
antithesis
c)
antonym
d)
oxymoron
8.
"This is the beginning of the end" is an example of _________
a)
oxymoron
b)
redundancy
c)
paradox
d)
antithesis
9.
True or False: there are 3 kinds of irony
a)
True
b)
False
10.
"You are clearly confused" uses a/an _________
a)
paradox
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
oxymoron
11.
"silver, shiny socks and cute, cotton caps" is an example of _________
a)
sibilance and assonance
b)
personification
c)
sibilance and alliteration
d)
alliteration
12.
"I did something unexpected; I surprised him"
a)
tautology
b)
redundancy
c)
paradox
d)
irony
13.
"The birds chirruped in the trees" uses ________.
a)
assonance
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
sounds
14.
Assonance is a figurative device - true or false?
a)
True
b)
False
15.
"It is my personal opinion" is an example of ___________.
a)
Redundancy
b)
tautology
c)
circumlocution
d)
irony
16.
circumlocution could also be understood by the _________ "to beat around the bush"
a)
proverb
b)
idiom
17.
"People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is a/an ____________
a)
idiom
b)
proverb
18.
When readers know something that characters do not we call it ____________ irony.
a)
situational
b)
dramatic
c)
verbal
19.
Sarcasm is better known as _________
a)
situational irony
b)
verbal irony
c)
dramatic irony
20.
The connotation of a word refers to the _________ meaning of the word.
a)
literal
b)
figurative
21.
The denotation of the word "gloomy" is that it is cloudy outside - true or false
a)
true
b)
false
22.
"It was fate for Kate to wait at the straight gate after the fete for her date" is an example of _________.
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
assonance
d)
sibilance
23.
"my boyfriend is a knight in shining armor" is an example of ____________.
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
24.
"After that meal, I feel as fat as a pig" is what?
a)
personification
b)
a simile
c)
animorphism
d)
a metaphor
25.
"A fire station burns down" is an example of ________.
a)
dramatic irony
b)
situational irony
c)
verbal irony
d)
sarcasm
26.
True or False: ambiguity and ambivalence are exactly the same thing.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
True or False: a pun is a play on words
a)
True
b)
False
28.
When a normal object stands for something else more meaningful, we call it _________.
a)
imagery
b)
symbolism
c)
figurative language
d)
poetry
29.
If I allude to something, I _______ something.
a)
hint at
b)
refer to
c)
ignore
d)
emphasise
30.
Malapropism is when __________.
a)
You mix up letters in words
b)
You use the wrong word for something, because it sounds similar
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