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WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 27mins
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Class
Date
1.
The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest, is an example of...
a)
A hyperbole/personification
b)
A metaphor/personification
c)
A simile/metaphor
d)
Personification/Onomatopoeia
2.
What is a simile?
a)
Comparing two unlike things without using like and as
b)
Comparing two things in a text
c)
Comparing two unlike things using like and as
d)
None of the above
3.
What is personification
a)
Giving human qualities to a human
b)
Giving non living qualities to living things
c)
Comparing something to a nonliving thing.
d)
Giving human qualities to a non human things
4.
What is an example of an alliteration?
a)
The vase flew off of the shelf.
b)
Powerful pandas punch parrots.
c)
The plant liked to fly.
d)
I like to eat pie
5.
I was so tired after school, I slept for a month!
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
6.
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.
7.
"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
8.
An extreme exaggeration used for effect
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
9.
Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Assonance
10.
"Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of ____________________.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Structure
11.
"The sunlight kissed her head as the gentle breeze whispered in her ear." This is an example of ___________________________.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Structure
c)
Style
d)
Personification
12.
'That test was a breeze!' is an example of:
a)
personification
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
simile
d)
idiom
13.
What does this mean?
When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle.
When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle.
a)
very slow
b)
moves pretty quickly
c)
still beats everyone
d)
he's super fast
14.
Simile or Metaphor?
My sister is like an angel in my life.
My sister is like an angel in my life.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
15.
Fall Fridays feel fantastic.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
16.
What is an alliteration?
a)
A word that is a sound
b)
A comparison using like or as
c)
A comparison not using like or as
d)
The same beginning sound repeated
17.
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
a)
Her hair is red.
b)
She talks really loudly.
c)
She gets really angry.
d)
She spits when she talks.
18.
A group of words used in a phrase or expression which means something different than what the words actually say is what kind of figurative language?
a)
Idiom
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
19.
My heart is pounding
a)
simile
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
20.
Ka-Pow!
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbole
21.
Her hair was like a nest.
a)
hyperbole
b)
adage
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
22.
Sally sold her sister's socks to Susan.
a)
adage
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
idiom
23.
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
a)
repetition
b)
adage
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
24.
Time flies by!
a)
idiom
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
25.
The wind whistled through the trees during the storm.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
idiom
26.
"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
27.
Sally is the sun in my life
a)
Sally is yellow.
b)
Sally is standing on the roof.
c)
Sally is important to me.
28.
I'm dying to see that movie.
a)
I can wait a little longer.
b)
I don't want to see the movie.
c)
I'm excited about seeing the movie.
29.
I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.
a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
30.
My ice cream cone was a mile high!
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
31.
My bed was calling my name as I finished my last homework assignment.
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Metaphor
d)
Alliteration
32.
The slithery snake hissed at my brother at the zoo.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
33.
I am so hungry, I could eat a horse right now.
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
simile
34.
The sun stretched its golden arms across the land.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
35.
My feet are killing me!
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
36.
They worked quietly like mice.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
37.
A _________ uses like or as to make a comparison.
a)
simile
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
38.
A _________ suggests that two different things are the same thing.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
idiom
39.
An _________ is a phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning.
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
40.
_________ is a repetition of a sound in a sentence or series of sentences.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
idiom
d)
onomatopoeia
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