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personification / onomatopoeia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?
a)
High Heels
b)
The store
2.
The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?
a)
say
b)
moon
3.
What is personification?
a)
A word that is a sound
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
4.
Which is an example of personification?
a)
The sun smiled at us
b)
The sun is like a light bulb
5.
"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Whistling
b)
Happiness
c)
Walking
d)
Hiking
6.
"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Eating
b)
Baking
c)
Chewing
d)
Making people guilty
7.

The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. What is being personified?

a)

The forest

b)

The wind

c)

A person whispering

8.
Alex had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
*What is the onomatopoeia?
a)
grumbling
b)
teacher
9.
A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
10.
What onomatopoeia goes best with this picture?
a)
Take-off!
b)
Pow!
c)
Blast!
d)
Fly
11.
An onomatopoeia is also known as what?
a)
An action word
b)
A descriptive word
c)
A sound word
d)
A statement
12.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  
a)
croak
b)
Mrs. Davis
c)
frogs
d)
pond
13.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Kristen's brother is the coolest because he can burp the alphabet.
a)
brother
b)
alphabet
c)
Kristen
d)
burp
14.
"The tea cup clinked and clanged as I put it down on the plate" is an example of:
a)
simile
b)
onomatopoeia
15.

Find the onomatopoeic word.

a)

Graceful

b)

Swooshed

c)

Into

d)

No onomatopoeic word

16.

Find the onomatopoeic word.

a)

Baaa

b)

Begging

c)

Went

d)

No onomatopoeic word

17.

Find the onomatopoeic word.

a)

Playing

b)

Bam

c)

Slapped

d)

No onomatopoeic word

18.

Find the onomatopoeic word.

a)

Slurped

b)

Happily

c)

Away

d)

No onomatopoeic word

19.

Find the onomatopoeic words.

a)

Moooo!

b)

Swoosh

c)

AAAAAH!

d)

All of the above

20.

Find the onomatopoeic word.

a)

Crruunch!

b)

Hey

c)

Dog

d)

Cat