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Worksheetsfigurative language
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 51mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is an idiom?
a)
The use of symbols in writing to express something to the reader.
b)
An exaggeration.
c)
Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.
d)
A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.
2.
I am dying of shame is an example of...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
3.
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
4.
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
5.
The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
6.
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
7.
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
8.
Onomatopoeia is...
a)
An exaggerated statement
b)
A sound effect
c)
A comparison of two things using like or as
d)
The use of a word associated with a sound.
9.
"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
10.
"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______
a)
simile and personification
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
11.
An extreme exaggeration used for effect
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
12.
Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia.
a)
She was white as a ghost
b)
Buzz
c)
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Peppers
d)
Break a leg
13.
Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Personification
c)
Cliche
d)
Pun
14.
The quote from the popular Owl City song, "You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep," is an example of what type of figurative language?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
15.
"You are the thunder, and I am the lightning," is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Chliche
d)
Personification
16.
Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two unlike things?
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Cliche
17.
The flowers danced in the wind is an example of:
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Cliche
d)
Idiom
18.
What is a metaphor?
a)
Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them
b)
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
c)
Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it
d)
Big exaggeration, usually with humor
19.
What is an example of a metaphor?
a)
She is like a bear in the morning- grumpy and cruel.
b)
The flower stretched her hand out to the sun, yearning for its' rays.
c)
Her hair was silk.
d)
Buzz, Hiss, Woof
20.
A simile...
a)
Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it
b)
Big exaggeration, usually with humor
c)
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
d)
The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
21.
“I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!” is an example of what figurative language device?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
22.
"She soothed her secret sorrow." Choose the best answer: What figurative language device is being used in this sentence?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
23.
"The tropical storm slept for days". This is an example of what figurative language device?
a)
Personification
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyperbole
24.
"I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!" What type of figurative language is used here?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
25.
Imagery is the term given to a comparison beginning with "like" or "as
a)
True
b)
False
26.
An example of a simile is: "I really do like ice cream"
a)
True
b)
False
27.
"The students were like ants crowded around the pizza box."
This is an example of a simile.
This is an example of a simile.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
This image depicts what figurative language device?
a)
Imagery
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
29.
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Alliteration
30.
Your beauty was a web of frail delight
a)
Simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
31.
The little road says, Go,
The little house says, Stay
The little house says, Stay
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
32.
I could grow very still like an old stone on a hill
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
33.
My heart is but a haughty snail!
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
34.
The pencil danced across the paper
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
e)
symbol
35.
Life is like a box of chocolates
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
e)
alliteration
36.
Tommy is a bull in a china stop
a)
simile
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
e)
symbol
37.
Descriptive words that appeal to the senses
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
imagery
38.
The repetition of two or more of the same beginning consonant sound close together
a)
simile
b)
imagery
c)
consonance
d)
alliteration
39.
She is as sweet as pie!
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
40.
My homework is so hard my brain is going to explode.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
41.
The flames ate hungrily at the burning houses.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
42.
Corey shoots the ball and....BAM. It bricks off the backboard.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
43.
Rose was a swan as she jumped into the pool.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personficiation
44.
Myra is as sharp as a tack.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
euphemism
45.
The moon waved goodbye as the sun woke up.
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
idiom
46.
Smith was as mad as a hornet.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
euphemism
d)
alliteration
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