WorksheetsFigurative Language in Bud, Not Buddy
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is a simile?
extreme exaggeration
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
repetition of beginning consonant sounds
a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
What is hyperbole?
words that imitate sounds
extreme exaggeration
words side by side that have opposite meanings but - together - have a new meaning.
a common expression that can't be taken literally
What is personification?
a direct comparison between two unlike things
words that imitate sounds
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
extreme exaggeration
What is an idiom?
A common expression that can't be taken literally
a direct comparison between two unlike things
a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
referring to something/someone well-known in history or literature
What is Onomatopoeia?
words that imitate sounds
extreme exaggeration
words side by side that have opposite meanings but - together - have a new meaning.
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
What is an oxymoron?
repetition of beginning consonant sounds
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
words side by side that have opposite meanings but - together - have a new meaning.
a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
What is an allusion?
extreme exaggeration
referring to something/someone well-known in history or literature
words that imitate sounds
a direct comparison between two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
words side by side that have opposite meanings but - together - have a new meaning.
repetition of beginning consonant sounds
a direct comparison between two unlike things
What is alliteration?
referring to something/someone well-known in history or literature
repetition of beginning consonant sounds
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
a common expression that can’t be taken literally
The following line from the book is an example of what? "...when Momma was near, she was like a tornado" (pg. 41).
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
The following line is an example of what: "(It) was really a hornets' nest, and now there were about six thousands hornets flying around..." (pg. 28).
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
The following sentence is an example of what: "The padlock snapped shut with the loudest click I'd ever heard" (pg. 20).
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Idiom
The following sentence is an example of what: "In her eyes Todd's mouth was a prayer book" (pg. 12).
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
Personification
What is the following sentence an example of: "I swung as hard as I could at Todd's big balloon head" (pg. 13).
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
Oxymoron
What is the following an example of: "If (they) saw me now I'd be in some real serious hot water" (pg. 35)!
Simile
Oxymoron
Idiom
Alliteration
What is the following an example of: "...even if I was crouching down, sneaking along the street like Pretty Boy Floyd" (pg. 37)
Allusion
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
What is the following an example of: "I squeezed my tongue between my teeth to hold it still "cause I know a lot of times your brain might want to be brave but your mouth might let some chicken-sounding stuff fall out of it" (pg. 20).
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
What is the following sentence an example of: "It was like a miracle, Todd's asthma was gone... (pg. 18).
Metaphor
Allusion
Simile
Personification
