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WorksheetsFigurative Language Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
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Class
Date
1.
"Her face was as red as a tomato" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
2.
A comparison using like or as is which type of figurative language?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Assonance
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Simile
3.
A word whose sounds suggests its meaning is which type of figurative language?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
4.
"He thought he was going to die from embarrassment" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Assonance
c)
Idiom
d)
Simile
5.
"Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Allusion
6.
"She’s really in a pickle" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Imagery
b)
Idiom
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
7.
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?
a)
Personification
b)
Imagery
c)
Assonance
d)
Alliteration
8.
"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
9.
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true is which type of figurative language?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification
10.
Common animal sounds such as moo, meow, and ribbit are examples of which kind of figurative language?
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
11.
"The gentle giant jumped in jubilation" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Imagery
12.
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.
13.
The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM! in the air, is an example of
a)
Personification
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
The 4th of July
d)
All of the above
14.
He was as cool as a cucumber is an example of a(n)
a)
Simile
b)
Dessert
c)
Metaphor
d)
None of the above
15.
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.
16.
The crazy car is colorful.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
personification
d)
repetition
17.
Which figurative language is the sentence below?
If I can't get a cell phone, I will die.
If I can't get a cell phone, I will die.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
simile
18.
Which figurative language is the sentence below?
The cash register popped open with a cha-ching.
The cash register popped open with a cha-ching.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
alliteration
19.
Which figurative language is the sentence below?
Why don't you just cut to the chase and tell me where you hid my phone.
Why don't you just cut to the chase and tell me where you hid my phone.
a)
idiom
b)
hypeerbole
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
20.
Which figurative language is the sentence below?
The snow is a white blanket.
The snow is a white blanket.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
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