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Fun Figurative Language

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is a hyperbole?

a)

yummy ice cream

b)

exaggeration

c)

a word that is tired or over used

d)

giving a non-living thing human qualities

2.

Billy-Bob the third went outside to see the sun smiling at him. What type of figurative language is this sentence belong to.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

simile

3.

Johnny woke up because he heard a SLAM. It just happened to be his brother put a book on the table. What type of figurative language did he hear?

a)

simile

b)

cliche

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

4.

TRUE or FALSE? Alliteration is an exaggeration.

a)

False

b)

True

5.

Lucy and here friends made a girl group and they called it The Good Girl Gorilla Gang. What type of figurative language is this?

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

6.

Kira went up in her room to get ready for a party, her friend has been waiting down stairs. 4 hours later Kira comes back down stairs, her friend said that took you a hundred years to get ready. What type of figurative language is the under lined words?

a)

personification

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

7.

What is a onomatopoeia?

a)

i have no clue

b)

sound word

c)

bake a cake

d)

a sentence using "is"

8.

TRUE OR FALSE? A metaphor is a over used word.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Little Tommy likes school. can you tell him what a simile is?

a)

sentence using like or as

b)

sentence using is

c)

neither

10.

Sandra's mom always says she is a angel. What type of figurative language is "she is a angel" go to?

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

cliche

11.

What is personification?

a)

giving a non-living object personal traits

b)

a sentence using "like" or "as"

12.

Sarah saw someone bulling someone and she said "don't judge a book by it's cover" be nice to her. What type of figurative language is this?

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

cliche

d)

simile

13.

Brooke went to Starbucks to get the new pumpkin patch pie latte. What sort of figurative language is the underlined words.

a)

metaphor

b)

bicycle

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

14.

What is a example of a idiom?

a)

water is great

b)

Get of my back

c)

cake

d)

raining water

15.

Gracie was on her trip to Florida for her vacation with her family. She looked out the window and said "it's raining cats and dogs" outside right now. What type of figurative language is this referring to?

a)

cliche

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

alliteration