WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The computer in our classroom is a dinosaur.
a)
The computer is old.
b)
The computer is scary.
c)
The computer is brand new.
2.
Students are sponges in the classroom.
a)
Students soak up water.
b)
Students soak up knowledge.
c)
The student is turning into a sponge.
3.
Which one of the following is NOT a metaphor?
a)
Silence is golden, speech is silver.
b)
Don't be such a mouse!
c)
She eats like a pig!
d)
He's just an old goat!
4.
If someone helps you, you can use a metaphor and call him/her _______.
a)
a person
b)
a friend
c)
an angel
d)
a collegue
5.
What is figurative language?
a)
Language that means more than what the words say.
b)
Language that means just what the words say.
6.
Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.
This house is as clean as a whistle.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
7.
Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.
My brother was boiling mad.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
8.
Simile or Metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.
The assignment was a breeze.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
9.
Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.
She is as thin as a toothpick.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
10.
Simile or Metaphor?
That girl is as tough as nails.
That girl is as tough as nails.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
11.
Simile or Metaphor?
He is a walking dictionary.
He is a walking dictionary.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
12.
The snow was as white as a cloud.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
fluffy
13.
The flute sang out beautifully during the concert.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
Adele
14.
"My flowers were begging for water on the hot summer day" is an example of:
a)
antonym
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
15.
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
16.
Fruit is fuel for healthy body.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration
17.
Fruit is fuel for healthy body.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration
18.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
19.
Identify the Simile below...
a)
The tree danced in the wind.
b)
She is as tall as a tree!
c)
That cat is the devil.
d)
My backpack weighs a thousand tons!
20.
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
21.
The rain storm lasted forever!
a)
Metaphor
b)
Neither
c)
Simile
22.
Mrs. Siberski whispered, "Shhhhh!" during the test. This is an example of...
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
neither
23.
Which onomatopoeia goes BEST with this picture?
a)
Take-off!
b)
Pow!
c)
Blast!
d)
Fly
24.
An onomatopoeia is also known as what?
a)
An action word
b)
A descriptive word
c)
A sound word
d)
A statement
25.
Alex had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
*What is the onomatopoeia?
*What is the onomatopoeia?
a)
grumbling
b)
teacher
c)
stomach
26.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.
a)
croak
b)
Mrs. Davis
c)
frogs
d)
pond
27.
The children's feet squished in the mud.
a)
alliteration
b)
neither
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
none
28.
"Boom," "Crack," and "Buzz" are examples of what?
a)
neither
b)
onomotopoeia
c)
alliteration
29.
Which is the best example of alliteration?
a)
Only three girls came to the picnic.
b)
She wants to see that movie.
c)
I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies.
d)
The sun was in my eyes all day and I got a headache!
30.
Which of these is alliteration?
a)
All the animals left the zoo.
b)
The chirping cheetah raced across the land.
c)
The curious dog left his house at night.
d)
The hungry cat searched for a quick meal.
31.
Which line is an example of alliteration from Shel Silverstein's poem, Spoiled Brat?"
a)
The spoiled brat fell into a vat.
b)
And sat on her birthday cake 'til it was flat.
c)
The spoiled brat broke her bike with a bat.
32.
It takes two to tango?
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
alliteration
33.
The more the merrier?
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
alliteration
34.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers?
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
alliteration
35.
The sweet smell of success?
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
alliteration
36.
the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
alliteration
37.
Boom!
Woof.
Crash!
Splash.
Oink.
Woof.
Crash!
Splash.
Oink.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
idiom
38.
What type of Sound Device?
From somewhere far beyond, the flag of fate's caprice unfurled,
From somewhere far beyond, the flag of fate's caprice unfurled,
a)
Imagery
b)
Alliteration
c)
Assonance
d)
Rhythm
39.
What type of Sound Device?
The buzzing bee flew away.
The buzzing bee flew away.
a)
Imagery
b)
Consonance
c)
Rhyme
d)
Onomatopoeia
40.
What is NOT an example of alliteration?
a)
Tiny timmy teleported through time
b)
freddy fox found food for five foxes
c)
A boat wrote a quote and floated over a moat
d)
Mike's microphone made much music
41.
SALLY SAT SO STUPIDLY SATURDAY is an alliteration
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Identify which line below is an example of alliteration.
a)
Line 3
b)
Line 4
43.
Which is an example of alliteration?
a)
Julian jumped over a jelly jar.
b)
Abby enjoys playing Mine Craft.
c)
Brendan plays soccer every weekend.
44.
Identify the alliteration in the paragraph.
a)
She skipped me
b)
skipped, stunned, sudden, startled, seat, stage
c)
There was a sudden hush in the crowd
d)
with a startled look
45.
The cast on Michael’s broken leg was a plaster shackle.
a)
hyperbole
b)
idiom
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
46.
Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.
a)
simile
b)
idiom
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
47.
When the canary keeled over, the coal miners left the cave.
a)
hyperbole
b)
idiom
c)
simile
d)
alliteration
48.
Her heels clacked on the hardwood floor.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
49.
The brown grass was begging for water.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
50.
He dunked the delicious donut in dairy creamer.
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
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