WorksheetsFigurative Language Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 18mins
An idea, thing or an animal – is given human characteristics
personification
simile
metaphor
Objects that represent ideas.
metaphor
personification
symbolism
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
alliteration
paradox
onomatopoeia
A reference to an important or famous person, place, thing or idea.
allusion
metaphor
alliteration
Shows similarities between two different things with the help of words such as “like” or “as”.
personification
simile
metaphor
A strange statement that, cannot be true but also cannot be false.
paradox
personification
Symbolism
Words that describe how something sounds.
Alliteration
Irony
Onomatopoeia
A comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics.
metaphor
personification
paradox
When something happens that is opposite from what is expected.
Onomatopoeia
Irony
Allusion
"Your bedroom is a smelly bathroom!" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Allusion
"Jose heard the last pupusa calling his name" is an example of which type of figurative language?
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Personification
Moo, meow, and ribbit are examples of which kind of figurative language?
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Personification
"Johnny is a real Romeo Santos when it comes to the ladies" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Personifiction
"The gentle giant jumped in the junk yard in July" is an example of which type of figurative language?
Alliteration
Allusion
Personification
What kind of figurative language is being used?
Erika cried like a baby after she ate too much pasta.
simile
metaphor
alliteration
imagery
The bus hit a tree and went boom as it exploded.
"He's so honest, you can call him Abraham Lincoln!" is an example of
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
Your face is as smooth as a baby's booty is an example of
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
The cold air punched me in the chest.
Onomatopoeia
personification
A simile
