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The Skin I'm In- Figurative Language Chapters 1-6

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"Said he liked my eyes and sweet cocoa brown skin." 
a)
Metaphor 
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification 
2.
"...I had hair so nappy I needed a rake to comb it."
a)
Simile
b)
Hyperbole 
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Idiom 
3.
"But even those hundred-dollar pants suits she brought in for me to wear can't make up for the hurt I feel when she slaps me with them mean words of hers."
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Personification 
d)
Metaphor 
4.
Comparing to unlike things using "like" or "as"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Idiom
d)
Simile 
5.
"I run to Miss Saunders's class like somebody set my shoes on fire." 
a)
Simile
b)
Idiom
c)
Metaphor
d)
Alliteration 
6.
An exaggeration 
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom 
7.
"My face says I'm smart. Sassy. Sexy. Self-confident." 
a)
Hyperbole 
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Alliteration
8.
"...Desda Darling's Delicious Double-Dutch Chocolate Chip Cake." 
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
9.
Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as" 
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration 
10.
"...Baboom, boom, boom..."
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Metaphor
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification 
11.
"Worm wasn't sucking my lips off."
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Onomatopoeia 
12.
Giving human qualities to a nonhuman object 
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration 
13.
"Hummmph." 
a)
Alliteration
b)
Personification
c)
Idiom
d)
Onomatopoeia 
14.
"Skin dry and ashy like tree bark ate away by the desert wind." 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification 
15.
"... I've got a crease in my pants sharp enough to cut somebody..." 
a)
Metaphor 
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Alliteration