WorksheetsFigurative Langauge Post Test
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 34mins
What is the correct definition of a simile?
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence.
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind NOT using the words like or as.
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using the words like or as.
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Which word matches the following definition?
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Idiom
What is the correct definition of an idiom?
A word or phrase that means something other than the literal words.
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
The act of giving human characteristics to non-living things.
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence.
Which word matches the following definition?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind NOT using the words like or as.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
What is the correct definition for alliteration?
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
The act of giving human characteristics to non-living things.
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence.
What is the correct definition for personification?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind NOT using the words like or as.
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence.
A word or phrase that means something different than the literal words.
The act of giving human characteristics to a non-living thing.
Which word matches the following definition?
The formation of a word from a SOUND associated with what is named.
Personification
Similes
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration can be heard in which phrase?
Four calling geese
Five golden rings
Six geese-a-laying
Seven swans-a-swimming
In which sentence will you find a mataphor?
Jake is afraid of the dark.
Devin thought the movie was too scary.
I'm a real chicken when it comes to speaking in public.
The pilot said we had nothing to fear.
In which sentence is an example of personification?
It's a beautiful day for a picnic in the park.
My skateboard broke in half when the car backed over it.
My car engine coughed and sputtered when it started during the blizzard.
I must pay my library fine before I can check out more books.
Which idiom means "in good times and bad"?
Spill the beans
Hold your horses
Through thick and thin
Leave no stones unturned
Which of these sentences contains alliteration?
Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
The dirty dog drank our drinks dry.
I don't have time to speak in rhyme.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Which sentence contains a metaphor?
Drew can eat a lot.
His stomach is a bottomless pit.
His stomach is full.
He ate too much.
Which sentence contains a simile?
Bill is a real space cadet.
Christina is a streak of lightening when she runs.
The boy and his sister fought like cats and dogs.
Our car turned out to be a lemon.
Which sentence contains a simile?
We can continue playing ball until dinner is ready.
The homemade tortillas were delicious.
My sister doesn't like pepperoni, so she gives it to me.
After being run over by the truck, the ball was as flat as a pancake.
Personification can be found in which sentence?
Mom said for you to turn off the lights and go to sleep.
I read that some champion athletes will be at the park.
The alarm clock told me that I need to get up.
I need some information on how to build a kite.
Which definition matches the idiom in this sentence?
Don't try to worm your way out of it.
Don't blame it on the worm.
Don't wiggle like a worm.
Don't try to avoid doing something.
Don't burrow a tunnel into the soil
