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Figurative Language

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name

Class

Date

What is an idiom?

The use of symbols in writing to express something to the reader.

An exaggeration.

Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.

A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.

I am dying of shame is an example of...

Metaphor

Personification

Simile

Hyperbole

The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest, is an example of...

A hyperbole/personification

A metaphor/personification

A simile/metaphor

Personification/Onomatopoeia

What is a simile?

Comparing two unlike things without using like and as

Comparing two things in a text

Comparing two unlike things using like and as

None of the above

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

Metaphor

Simile

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

What is personification

Giving human qualities to a human

Giving non living qualities to living things

Comparing something to a nonliving thing.

Giving human qualities to a non human things

What is an example of an alliteration?

The vase flew off of the shelf.

Powerful pandas punch parrots.

The plant liked to fly.

I like to eat pie

Onomatopoeia is...

An exaggerated statement

A sound effect

A comparison of two things using like or as

The use of a word associated with a sound.

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month!

hyperbole

simile

alliteration

metaphor

10.

The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

The car is very old.

The car was truly made in prehistoric times.

The car is very new.

11.

"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______

Metaphor

Personification

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

12.

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______

simile and personification

personification

simile

metaphor

13.

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

simile

14.

Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is...

figurative

literal

15.

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

figurative

literal

16.

A common, often-used saying that isn't meant to be taken literally.

pun

idiom

hyperbole

oxymoron

17.

A phrase made up of words containing opposite meanings.

pun

idiom

simile

oxymoron

18.

"He was as cool as a cucumber" is an example of...

Simile

Alliteration

Metaphor

Personification

19.

"Peter pranced playfully around the playground" is an example of...

hyperbole

alliteration

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

20.

"The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm" is an example of...

personification

alliteration

metaphor

simile

21.

"Her long hair is an ocean of waves" is an example of...

personification

onomatopoeia

hyperbole

metaphor

22.

"She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake" is an example of...

hyperbole

oxymoron

alliteration

onomatopoeia

23.

"Tracy was feeling down in the dumps after failing the test" is an example of...

personification

idiom

hyperbole

metaphor

24.

'Pop! The cork flew from the champagne bottle.' The word 'pop' is an example of:

personification

onomatopoeia

simile

hyperbole

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Figurative Language

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 20mins

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