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Figurative Language

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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.
2.
Carla put her foot in her mouth really means...
a)
Carla takes yoga classes.
b)
She said something embarrassing.
c)
Carla ate a snack.
3.

She is walking on eggshells means...

a)

She is learning how to walk.

b)

She is in the chicken coop.

c)

She is trying not to upset anyone.

4.

What is personification?

a)

comparing two things using like or as

b)

giving human traits to objects or ideas

c)

a dramatic exaggeration

d)

a word that resembles the sound it represents

5.

What is alliteration?

a)

giving human traits to objects or ideas

b)

a phrase that means something else than what it says

c)

repeating the same initial sound in neighboring words

d)

a contradictory phrase

6.

What is an onomatopoeia?

a)

a word that resembles the sound it makes

b)

comparing two things using like or as

c)

a dramatic exaggeration

d)

comparing two things by saying one is the other

7.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

comparing two things using like or as

b)

an extreme exaggeration

c)

giving human traits to objects or ideas

d)

words or phrases that are contradictory

8.

What is an idiom?

a)

a pharse that means something else than what it says

b)

comparing two things using like or as

c)

an extreme exageration

d)

giving human traits to objects or ideas

9.
What is a simile?
a)
a phrase that means something else than what it says
b)
comparing two things by saying one is the other
c)
comparing two things by using like or as
d)
a word that resembles the sound it represents
10.
What is a metaphor?
a)
comparing two things using like or as
b)
repeating the same inital sound in neighboring words
c)
a phrase that means something else than what it says
d)
comparing two things by saying one is the other
11.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The thunder boomed in the storm.
a)
oxymoron
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
12.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
13.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
14.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.
a)
metaphor
b)
oxymoron
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
15.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.
a)
personification
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
16.
What type of figurative language is shown?
She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake.
a)
hyperbole
b)
oxymoron
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
17.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
18.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
19.
What type of figurative language is shown?
I have told you a million times not to do that!
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
oxymoron
20.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
21.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The run down house looked depressed.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
22.
"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
23.
"Time flies by!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 
a)
idiom
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
24.
"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idiom
25.
I am so hungry, I could eat a horse right now. 
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
simile
26.
He is as quiet as a mouse. 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
27.
Sally Sold Seashells by the Seashore
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
28.
Giving human characteristics to things that aren't human
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
personification
29.
I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.
a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
30.
Jeremy clammed up when he thought others would tease him about his ideas.
a)
Jeremy kept his ideas to himself.
b)
Jeremy enjoyed fishing.
c)
Jeremy spoke freely.
31.
My feet are killing me!
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
32.
The pillow was like a marshmallow, puffy and soft
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
33.

BAM! The door shut behind me. This is an example of ......

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

34.
This shows...
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
35.

The sad student sat silently in the room. This is an example of ......

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

personification

36.
I'm so tired I could sleep for days!
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
37.
I can smell pizza from a mile away.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
38.
A metaphor compares
a)
Different types of animals
b)
Two things without using "like" or "as"
c)
Two things using "like" or "as"
d)
An exaggeration 
39.
This shows...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
idiom
40.
What's the meaning of this hyperbole?
"Shawn would move mountains for Angela."
a)
Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together.
b)
Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes.
c)
Shawn would do anything for Angela.
d)
Angela is really pretty. 
41.
This shows... 
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idiom
42.
The moon rested in the midnight sky. 
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
rhyme