WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a simile?
a)
Comparing using like or as
b)
Comparing by saying something is something else
c)
Exaggeration
d)
Repeating sounds
2.
Children and dogs and houses bloom
like crowded flowers,
This is an example of:
like crowded flowers,
This is an example of:
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
3.
On the way up north to the cabin,
the sunshine sits in my lap all morning.
This is an example of:
the sunshine sits in my lap all morning.
This is an example of:
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
4.
Dawn is like a seed
that will grow into daylight.
This is an example of:
that will grow into daylight.
This is an example of:
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
5.
The west wind dances down the road.
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Idiom
d)
Simile
6.
A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Personificati
7.
The sun smiled after the rain stopped.
a)
Personification
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
8.
She’s as tiny as a mouse.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Simile
9.
The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Idiom
d)
Oxymoron
10.
When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Idiom
11.
It's raining cats and dogs outside.
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
12.
“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.
a)
Idiom
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Alliteration
d)
Oxymoron
13.
The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
14.
My mom told me to zip my lips.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification
15.
The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
16.
BAM! The door shut behind me.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
idiom
17.
I was so tired after school, I slept for a month!
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
18.
The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
19.
A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
20.
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
21.
"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
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