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WorksheetsFigurative language
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
An expression that calls to mind something without directly mentioning it is called a...
a)
allusion
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
onomotopoeia
2.
When one thing is compared to another with the word 'like' or 'as'...
a)
allusion
b)
imagery
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
3.
When the word sounds like the sound it is naming, that is called...
a)
allusion
b)
imagery
c)
metaphor
d)
onomotopoeia
4.
When the description is so detailed and vivid that you could draw a picture, it is called...
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomotopoeia
c)
imagery
d)
sensory details
5.
An exaggerated statement or claim that is used to emphasize something is called...
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomotopoeia
c)
imagery
d)
sensory details
6.
When two more more words (near each other on the page) start with the same sound, that's called...
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomotopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
allusion
7.
"If things didn't get better soon, I was going to turn into one giant walking talking zit."
is an example of
is an example of
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomotopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
allusion
8.
"If They stared at me like I was a Bigfoot or a UFO."
is an example of
is an example of
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
allusion
9.
"In the meantime, you just keep your trouser snake in your trousers, and I won't have to punch you in the stomach."
is an example of
is an example of
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
imagery
d)
allusion
10.
"I also had a stutter and a lisp. Or maybe I should say I had a st-st-st-stutter and a lisssssssththththp."
is an example of
is an example of
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
imagery
d)
onomotopoeia
11.
"He bit his mother's breast when she tried to nurse him. He kept biting her, so she gave up and fed him formula."
is an example of
is an example of
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
imagery
d)
onomotopoeia
12.
"If the Andruss brothers had punched a hold in the aquarium of my skull, I might have flooded out the entire powwow."
is an example of
is an example of
a)
metaphor/hyperbole
b)
alliteration/metaphor
c)
imagery/hyperbole
d)
allusion/alliteration
13.
"His gang stared at me like I was a serial killer..."
is an example of
is an example of
a)
metaphor/hyperbole
b)
hyperbole/simile
c)
imagery/simile
d)
simile/alliteration
14.
"And a Partridge in a Pear Tree" (title of Ch. 21)
is an example of
is an example of
a)
metaphor/hyperbole
b)
alliteration/metaphor
c)
imagery/hyperbole
d)
allusion/alliteration
15.
"So she was all white on white on white, like the most perfect kind of vanilla dessert cake you've ever seen."
is an example of
is an example of
a)
simile/hyperbole
b)
alliteration/simile
c)
imagery/hyperbole
d)
allusion/alliteration
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