WorksheetsFigurative language
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
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.
"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
7.
What is this is an example of: 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
8.
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
a)
Her hair is red.
b)
She talks really loudly.
c)
She gets really angry.
d)
She spits when she talks.
9.
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
10.
Why do people use figurative language?
a)
To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
b)
To be grammatically correct.
c)
To structure their writing into paragraphs.
d)
Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.
11.
Descriptive words that appeal to the senses
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
imagery
12.
A word that spells out a sound
a)
assonance
b)
hyperbole
c)
imagery
d)
onomatopoeia
13.
The repetition of two or more of the same beginning consonant sound close together
a)
simile
b)
imagery
c)
consonance
d)
alliteration
14.
The repetition of inner vowel (a-e-i-o-u) sounds in nearby words
a)
assonance
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
15.
"Buzz - says the great buzzing bee."
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
16.
"The wind stood up and gave a shout"
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
imagery
d)
onomatopoeia
17.
Danny's room is a pig-sty.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
18.
"Blazing in gold and quenching in purple,"
a)
metaphor
b)
consonance
c)
imagery
d)
personification
19.
The crazy car is colorful.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
personification
d)
repetition
20.
Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Touch
d)
Taste
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