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WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
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1.
Choose the best personification definition:
a)
Comparing two objects & saying one IS another
b)
The use of descriptive words
c)
Gives human characteristics to non-human things
d)
Phrase meaning is different from literal meaning
2.
Choose the best alliteration definition:
a)
A word that imitates the sound it repeats
b)
Repetition of the beginning sounds in words
c)
Meaning of phrase is different from it's literal expression
d)
Use of descriptive words
3.
Choose the best simile definition:
a)
Comparing two objects and saying one IS another
b)
Showing happiness in poetry
c)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
d)
Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"
4.
Choose the best onomatopoeia definition:
a)
Repeating the beginning sounds in words
b)
A word that imitates the sound it repeats
c)
An over-exaggeration
d)
Phrase meaning is different from literal expression
5.
Choose the best metaphor definition:
a)
Comparing two things without "like" or "as"
b)
An over-exaggeration
c)
Comparing two objects saying one IS like another
d)
Use of descriptive words
6.
Choose the best hyperbole definition...
a)
Gives human characteristics to non-human things
b)
Meaning of phrase is different from its literal meaning
c)
Use of descriptive words calling on any of the 5 senses
d)
An over-exaggeration
7.
Choose the best idiom definition...
a)
An over-exaggeration
b)
Gives human characteristics to non-human things
c)
Phrase meaning is different from its literal expression
d)
Use of descriptive words
8.
My hair is a vast forest of climbing vines is an example of...
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
9.
Dogs dodge dancing dandelions is an example of...
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idiom
10.
When I saw my baseball break the window, I ran away like a chicken is an example of...
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
personification
11.
The best friends are two peas in a pod is an example of...
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
12.
Which is NOT an example of hyperbole?
a)
She was so tired she could have slept for a year!
b)
It was so hot, the chickens laid hard-boiled eggs!
c)
He got $100 for his birthday!
d)
He jumped 10 feet in the air when he saw the snake!
13.
Which is NOT an example of an idiom?
a)
I laughed so hard I cried.
b)
Can you lend me a hand? I can't carry all of the bags.
c)
Every time he performs, he gets butterflies in his stomach.
d)
The teacher said, "All eyes on me & give me your ears."
14.
The sun played peek-a-boo behind the clouds is an example of...
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
imagery
d)
metaphor
15.
The dentist was thrilled with the shiny pearls that were his patient's teeth is an example of...
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
imagery
16.
The pot calling the kettle black is an example of...
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
idiom
d)
simile
17.
The city that never sleeps is an example of...
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
personification
18.
The bells clanged overhead is an example of...
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
hyperbole
c)
alliteration
d)
idiom
19.
The restless rat relaxed on his rump is an example of...
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
idiom
d)
personification
20.
This song will never end is an example of...
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
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