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Figurative language

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of the word "hyperbole"?

a)

over the top

b)

being very excited

c)

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

d)

using the same letter sounds over and over again

2.

What is the definition of the word "alliteration"?

a)

overexaggerating

b)

comparing two or more things using the same letter sounds with two words

c)

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

d)

giving human qualities to a thing

3.

What is the definition of the word "onomatopoeia"?

a)

giving human qualities to a thing

b)

using the same letter sounds in a sentence

c)

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

d)

using exaggeration to make a point

4.

What is the definition of the word "personification"?

a)

giving a human being, non-human qualities.

b)

comparing a person, place of thing using the words "like" or "as"

c)

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

d)

comparing a person, place of thing NOT using the words "like" or "as

5.

What is the definition of the word "metaphor"?

a)

comparing two or more things using the words "like" or "as"

b)

using exaggeration to make a point

c)

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable (does NOT use the word "like" or "as"

d)

giving human qualities to an object

6.

What is the definition of the word "simile"?

a)

comparing two things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as"

b)

using the same letter sounds to make a point

c)

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (using the words "like" or "as")

d)

two things that are similar in nature

7.

The branches bowed to the ground.

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopeia

c)

personification

d)

simile

8.

It is as hot as the Sahara Desert.

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

9.

He is a giant in his class, towering a foot over his classmates.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

10.

Clap your hands a little louder.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

11.

I am so hungry, I could eat a horse right now.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

12.

Vicky Vincent viewed a very valuable vase.

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

13.

"I held my nose in the breeze so I would not sneeze on your knees" ******EXTRA CREDIT*****

a)

assonance

b)

rhyming

c)

consonance

d)

alliteration