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WorksheetsFigurative Language Post Test
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
What would be a good example of imagery?
When I walk outside, I can see the golden leaves gently floating towards the ground like a feather.
I walked my dog outside. It was cold, so I put my sweater on.
I love fall; it is so beautiful!
Autumn makes me happy!
What is the author's tone in the passage below?
Today was a hard day. Right when I walked into school, I fell on the floor. When I went to lunch, I couldn't find my friends so I had to sit alone.Then we couldn't go outside for recess because it was raining. I really hope tomorrow is better.
Joyful
Playful
Gloomy
Curious
Choose a simile that shows the relationship between pizza and lava.
My pizza is as deadly as lava!
My pizza is lava.
My pizza is made from lava.
My pizza is as hot as burning lava!
Determine which sentence uses a metaphor correctly in this passage:
At summer camp, a group of us sat around the campfire. It sparked and flickered in the center of a ring of rocks. In the firelight, my best friend’s eyes were shiny stars. We roasted marshmallows on sticks and then smashed them with chocolate between graham crackers. Yum!
"It sparkled and flickered in the center of a ring of rocks."
"In, the firelight, my best friend's eyes were shiny stars."
"At summer camp, a group of us sat around the campfire."
"We roasted marshmallows on sticks and then smashed them with chocolate between graham crackers."
What is the meaning of the metaphor: "In the firelight, my friend's eyes were shiny stars."
The firelight was reflecting in her eyes to make them shimmer like stars.
Her eyes were burning like stars from the heat of the fire.
Her eyes were shaped like stars.
Her eyes were gold like stars.
Identify the hyperbole in the passage below:
I have been under the weather this past week, and I am finally feeling better! My mom said she will take me to the movies tonight. I can't wait to go! I really hope it is not too busy at the theater. Last time we waited in line for 3 million hours! The line was as slow as a turtle.
"I have been under the weather this past week."
"I can't wait to go!
"The line was as slow as a turtle."
"Last time we waited in line for 3 million hours!"
Identify the simile in the passage below:
I have been under the weather this past week, and I am finally feeling better! My mom said she will take me to the movies tonight. I can't wait to go! I really hope it is not too busy at the theater. Last time we waited in line for 3 million hours! The line was as slow as a turtle.
"I have been under the weather this past week"
"I can't wait to go!"
"The line was as slow as a turtle."
"Last time we waited in line for 3 million hours"
Why do authors use imagery in their writing?
Authors use imagery to only write poetry.
Authors use imagery because they want to inspire their readers become painters.
Authors use imagery to compare two things using like or as.
Authors use imagery to create pictures in the mind of the reader and to express emotion and feeling.
How do you identify a simile in a passage?
A simile is a comparison between two things using like or as
A simile is a comparison between two things WITHOUT using like or as.
A simile is an over exaggeration.
A simile is when you give human characteristics to nonhuman things.
Identify the metaphor in the passage below:
Love is a lit match, in a pitch black room, that leads you through the dark hallway. It may be hard to see, but the light will guide you.
"pitch black room"
"the light will guide you"
"love is a lit match"
"It may be hard to see"
