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WorksheetsFigurative Language Practice
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Definition: Words that have the same ending sound
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Rhyme
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
2.
Example: The raging river swallowed the overturned kayak.
a)
Personification
b)
Rhyme
c)
Rhythm
3.
Definition: The “beat” or regular pattern of sounds in some poems
a)
Personification
b)
Rhyme
c)
Rhythm
d)
Simile
4.
Definition: A comparison made by stating that one thing is something else
a)
Alliteration
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
5.
Example: After sitting in the sun, Judy’s face was as red as a fire truck.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Onomatopoeia
6.
Example: A gaggle of geese gathered on the green grass.
a)
Haiku
b)
Limerick
c)
Simile
d)
Alliteration
7.
Example: Up, down, up, down, up, down, The rabbit slowly hopped away.
a)
Repetition
b)
Rhyme
c)
Rhythm
d)
Meter
8.
Definition: A comparison made using the words “like” or “as."
a)
Repitition
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Simile
9.
Definition: Words in a sentence or phrase that begin with the same sound.
a)
Free Verse
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
10.
Example: The electric pencil sharpener hungrily chewed my colored pencils until nothing was left.
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Ballad
d)
Rhyme
11.
Definition: Words that sound like the objects or actions to which they refer.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Ball
c)
Simile
d)
Onomatopoeia
12.
Example: The little yellow bumblebee
Flew around the old oak tree.
Flew around the old oak tree.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Rhyme
c)
Limerick
d)
Haiku
13.
Example: The snow is a white blanket covering our front lawn.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Rhyme
c)
Simile
d)
Haiku
14.
Definition: A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
15.
Definition: When the same word or phrase is used over and over.
a)
Repition
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Rhythm
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