WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is a simile?
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.
Giving inhuman things human like qualities
An extreme exaggeration
Comparison of two unlike things with a quality in common using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’
The thunder BOOMED, and the lightning CRACKLED.
The toddler was a tornado of action in the nursery!
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
Why do people use figurative language?
To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
To be grammatically correct.
To structure their writing into paragraphs.
Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison stating that one thing is another without using "like" or "as"; there is a shared quality.
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
An extreme exaggeration
A phrase that is understood to mean something quite different from what individual words of the phrase would imply and cannot be taken literally is an
allusion
idiom
metaphor
simile
What creates images in the mind of the reader?
Imagery
Personification
Allusion
Irony
What gives a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
Pun
Irony
Allusion
Personification
What uses symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense.
Symbolism
Personification
Theme
Alliteration
