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Figurative Language

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This type of figurative language is a gentler, kinder way of saying something.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Euphemism

2.

Identify the meaning of the metaphor.


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.

3.

Identify the figurative language.


"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

4.

Identify the meaning of the simile.


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.

5.

Identify the type of figurative language.


At the recital, Olivia's fingers danced over the keyboard.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

e)

hyperbole

6.

This type of figurative language is when two completely opposite words combine to create a different meaning.

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

oxymoron

e)

metaphor

7.

Identify the figurative language.


Tex was tickled as he tasted the tarantula's toes.

a)

alliteration

b)

repetition

c)

hyperbole

d)

imagery

e)

euphemism

8.

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

9.
a comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles
a)
simile 
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
onomatopoeia
10.
She was as cold as ice.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Idiom
11.
A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:
a)
Metaphor
b)
Sound
c)
Onomotopoeia
d)
Rhythm 
e)

Oxymoron

12.
Which of the following is a play on words?
a)
Allusion
b)
Pun
c)
Idiom
d)
Apostrophe
13.
An extreme exaggeration used for effect
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
14.

Identify the figurative language.


"Baby, you're a firework"

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

15.

Identify the figurative language.


The ball came screaming across home plate.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

e)

euphemism

16.

Identify the figurative language.


That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds!

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

17.

Identify the figurative language.


The long-legged, brown orb slowly crept up the old, rickety barn door. The eight menacing eyes were fixed on me. Ready to puncture my flesh with its' needle-sharp, deadly fangs.

a)

Personfication

b)

Euphemism

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

e)

Imagery

18.

Identify the figurative language.


"The sun begged me to get out of bed"

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

19.

Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?


Ryley was popping his legos together to create a figure.

a)

popping

b)

legos

c)

create

d)

popping

20.

Identify the figurative language.


He is as quiet as a mouse.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

euphemism

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

e)

oxymoron