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Figurative Language Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An idea, thing or an animal – is given human characteristics

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

2.

Objects that represent ideas.

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

symbolism

3.

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

a)

alliteration

b)

paradox

c)

onomatopoeia

4.

A reference to an important or famous person, place, thing or idea.

a)

allusion

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

5.

Shows similarities between two different things with the help of words such as “like” or “as”.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

6.

A strange statement that, cannot be true but also cannot be false.

a)

paradox

b)

personification

c)

Symbolism

7.

Words that describe how something sounds.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Irony

c)

Onomatopoeia

8.

A comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics.

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

paradox

9.

When something happens that is opposite from what is expected.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Irony

c)

Allusion

10.
"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
11.

"Your bedroom is a smelly bathroom!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Allusion

12.

"Jose heard the last pupusa calling his name" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

13.

Moo, meow, and ribbit are examples of which kind of figurative language?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

14.

"Johnny is a real Romeo Santos when it comes to the ladies" is an example of which kind of figurative language?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Allusion

c)

Personifiction

15.

"The gentle giant jumped in the junk yard in July" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Allusion

c)

Personification

16.

What kind of figurative language is being used?

Erika cried like a baby after she ate too much pasta.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

imagery

17.
What kind of figurative language is being used?
The bus hit a tree and went boom as it exploded.
a)
onomatopoeia 
b)
imagery
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
18.
Identify the paradox.
a)
The clouds drifted lazily in the sky.
b)
The person who wrote that book can’t write.
c)
The clown fish swam comically in the aquarium.
d)
I was confused by the lesson.
19.
Identify the paradox.
a)
The best advice I have for you is: don’t listen to advice.
b)
The rains came.
c)
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
d)
She cared for him all his life.
20.

"He's so honest, you can call him Abraham Lincoln!" is an example of

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Allusion

21.
BANG! is an example of 
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Alliteration
c)
Assonance
22.

Your face is as smooth as a baby's booty is an example of

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

23.

The cold air punched me in the chest.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

A simile