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Figurative Language

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Metaphor?

a)

Like a simile but instead of using like or as, it compares two things but suggesting that something is something else.

b)

When a word makes the sound of the thing it decribes

c)

When exaggeration is used for effect.

d)

A commonly used expression whose meaning does no relate to a literal meaning of it's words.

2.

What is a Simile?

a)

Giving objects human characteristics

b)

When a word makes the sound of the thing it describes.

c)

A sentence using "like" or "as" to compare things.

d)

Words in a sentence that begin with the same letter.

3.

What is an Idiom?

a)

Compares two things by suggesting that something is something else.

b)

An expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words.

c)

When exaggeration is used for effect.

d)

Using 'like' or 'as' to compare two objects.

4.

What is a Hyperbole?

a)

When a word make a sound of the thing it describes.

b)

Gives an object human characteristics.

c)

Compares two things by suggesting that something is something else.

d)

When exaggeration is used for effect.

5.

What is Alliteration?

a)

A commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words.

b)

Where words in a sentence begin with the same sound.

c)

When a word makes the sound of the thing it describes.

d)

Using the words 'like' or 'as' to compare two objects.

6.

What is Personification?

a)

Gives an object human characteristics.

b)

When an exaggeration is used for effect.

c)

When a word makes the sound of the thing it describes.

d)

Compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

7.

Zany zebras zigzagged through the zoo.

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

8.

I had to read a book that was a million pages long!

a)

Idiom

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

9.

That exam was a piece of cake.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Idiom

c)

Metephor

d)

Personification

10.

The road was a ribbon of moonlight.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

11.

The alarm clock was loud in the morning. BEEP!

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

12.

The hot sun smiled down on us.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Idiom

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

13.

Mary could swim like a fish.

a)

Idiom

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

14.

Peter Piper Picked a Pack of Pickles Peppers.

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Onomatopoeia

15.

The movie was 1,000 days long!

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Idiom

16.

The race was a piece of cake.

a)

Idiom

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

17.

The stormy ocean was a raging bull.

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Metaphor

18.

The door slammed shut, BOOM!

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Idiom

19.

The wind tickled my skin.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

20.

JeffyBob could run as fast as a cheetah.

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Idiom

21.

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

22.

The test was a year long.

a)

Idiom

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

23.

The cactus pinched my skin.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

24.

Bobbyjeff was as slow as a turtle.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Hyperbole

25.

Betty bought butter, but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to fix the bitter butter.

a)

Personification

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration