WorksheetsFigurative Language Review
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
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1.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town.
2.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
3.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
4.
What is the definition of hyperbole?
a)
When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
b)
When words sound like what they mean.
c)
An extreme exaggeration
d)
A comparison
5.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.
6.
"The assignment was a breeze!" is an example of a(n)...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
7.
What is alliteration?
a)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
b)
a phrase that means something else than what it says
c)
repeating the same initial sound in several words
d)
a contradictory phrase
8.
What is an onomatopoeia?
a)
a word that resembles the sound it makes
b)
comparing two things using "like" or "as"
c)
a dramatic exaggeration
d)
comparing two things by saying one is the other
9.
What is an oxymoron?
a)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
b)
a phrase that means something else than what it says
c)
repeating the same initial sound in neighboring words
d)
words or phrases that are contradictory
10.
"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______
a)
simile and personification
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
11.
The sun stretched its golden arms across the land.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
12.
Sally Sold Seashells by the Seashore
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
13.
Descriptive words that appeal to the senses
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
imagery
14.
An obvious exaggeration to make a point or add excitement
a)
assonance
b)
repetition
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
15.
Giving human qualities to non-living objects
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
16.
'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
17.
She was as cold as ice.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Idiom
18.
What is Imagery?
a)
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
b)
a joke
c)
a figure of speech in which a word or action to which it is not literally applicable.
d)
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
19.
Which word means an overused expression?
a)
Cliche
b)
Symbolism
c)
Metaphor
d)
Idiom
20.
Which of the following is a play on words?
a)
Allusion
b)
Pun
c)
Idiom
d)
Apostrophe
21.
"Laughter is the best medicine" is an example of
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
pun
d)
cliche
22.
My stomach screamed for food.
a)
Idiom
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
23.
"But you put on quite a show
Really had me goin'
But now it's time to go
Curtain's finally closin'
That was quite a show
Very entertainin'
But it's over now
Go on and take a bow"
Really had me goin'
But now it's time to go
Curtain's finally closin'
That was quite a show
Very entertainin'
But it's over now
Go on and take a bow"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Onomatopoeia
24.
"One day Justice will come
and find you
And I'll be right there in your
memory to remind you"
and find you
And I'll be right there in your
memory to remind you"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
25.
"The last time we talked
The night that I walked
Burns like an iron
in the back of my mind"
The night that I walked
Burns like an iron
in the back of my mind"
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
26.
"...he's candy-coated
misery, he's a devil in disguise,
a snake with blue eyes"
misery, he's a devil in disguise,
a snake with blue eyes"
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
27.
"This one goes out to the
man who mines for miracles"
man who mines for miracles"
a)
Alliteration
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
28.
"I'm fighting for this girl
On a battlefield of love"
On a battlefield of love"
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
29.
"She's a Saturn with a sunroof
With her brown hair a-blowing
She's a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She's a warm conversation
That I wouldn't miss for nothing
She's a fighter when she's mad
And she's a lover when she's loving"
With her brown hair a-blowing
She's a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She's a warm conversation
That I wouldn't miss for nothing
She's a fighter when she's mad
And she's a lover when she's loving"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
30.
The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.
a)
The car is very old.
b)
The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
c)
The car is very new.
31.
Carla put her foot in her mouth really means...
a)
Carla takes yoga classes.
b)
She said something embarrassing.
c)
Carla ate a snack.
32.
She is walking on eggshells means...
a)
She is learning how to walk.
b)
She is in the chicken coop.
c)
She is trying not to upset anyone.
33.
At twelve years old, Jenna is like a blooming flower.
a)
Jenna is growing up.
b)
Jenna is about to run away from home.
c)
Jenna is very sick.
34.
At the recital, Olivia's fingers danced over the keyboard.
a)
Olivia was a weak piano player.
b)
Olivia didn't know how to play; she just pounded the keys.
c)
Olivia played the piano easily and beautifully.
35.
Jack's hair and beard are bright blond.
a)
literal language is used
b)
figurative language is used
36.
When he heard the scream, claws of fear tore at his scalp.
a)
literal language
b)
figurative language
37.
The giraffe nibbled at the leaves on the tree.
a)
literal language
b)
figurative language
38.
Dead on her feet, Marla collapsed onto the worn bus seat, glad her 24 hour shift was finally over.
a)
literal language
b)
figurative language
39.
The tornado played with the car, picking it up in its jaws, then dropping it.
a)
literal laguage
b)
figurative language
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