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Alliteration & Onomatopoeia Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

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Class
Date
1.

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

The ....... ....... are in the middle aisle next to the vegetables.

a)

boxed fish

b)

frozen fish

c)

large fish

d)

pre-cooked fish

2.

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

Are you hungry? Let's find a café for ....... ....... and .......

a)

cakes, coffee, cola

b)

cakes, coffee, tea

c)

egg, chips, cola

d)

fish, chips, coffee

3.

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

The art gallery displayed hundreds of ....... ....... and .......

a)

books pots pans

b)

pots pans cups

c)

precious pictures paintings

d)

prints cups pans

4.

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

The sound of ....... ....... created a quiet, calm atmosphere.

a)

intermittent shrieks

b)

loud shouts

c)

murmuring music

d)

frenzied chattering

5.

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

A ....... ....... ....... took the friends to the party.

a)

broken, down, lorry

b)

lovely, long, limousine

c)

rusty, old, car

d)

red, old, car

6.

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

Peter piper picked a peck of ....... .......

a)

new, potatoes

b)

pickled, herring

c)

pickled, pepper

d)

rosy, apples

7.

What is alliteration?

a)

suggests something is another

b)

gives human qualities to a non-human thing

c)

repeated beginning sounds in a sentence

d)

compares two things using "like" or "as"

8.

Which of the following sentences uses an example of alliteration?

a)

Tony ran like a cheetah.

b)

The muffin called my name.

c)

"Bang," the race started!

d)

The dog dug a deep hole.

9.

What two letters can make the same sound?

a)

c & k

b)

p & t

c)

o & q

d)

b & m

10.

Which of the following sentences does not use alliteration?

a)

Erin cooked cupcakes in the kitchen.

b)

The lion licked his lips.

c)

The tank ran everything over.

d)

She happily helped Henry hang up the decorations.

11.

Best Buy is a real world example of a(n)

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

personification

12.

Which of the following has exactly 3 words of alliteration in it?

a)

The tornado tossed the trailer like a trash can.

b)

The man built a wooden house.

c)

The candy was killing my cavity.

d)

Change the channel!

13.

Which of the following is an example of a real world example of alliteration?

a)

McDonalds

b)

Taco Bell

c)

Red Robbin

d)

Burger King

14.

What word would make the following word an example of alliteration: Drake...

a)

sang

b)

ran

c)

kicked

d)

danced

15.

What phrase would make the following word an example of alliteration: Sam...

a)

circled the building on his cycle.

b)

ran around the building.

c)

is like a cheetah when he runs.

d)

jogged to the building.

16.
Choose the word that forms an alliteration with the sentence below.
Elephants enjoy eating ___.
a)
eggs
b)
peanuts
c)
anything
d)
leaves
17.
Choose the word that forms an alliteration with the sentence below.
Tony lost two ___.
a)
frogs
b)
teeth
c)
shoes
d)
cookies
18.

Find the example(s) of onomatopoeia in the following sentence.

The bees buzzed and whizzed from flower to flower.

a)

bees, flower

b)

buzzed, whizzed

c)

flower, flower

d)

from, to

19.

Find the example(s) of onomatopoeia in the following sentence.

The old chair rasped and creaked as it rocked.

a)

chair, rocked

b)

old, chair

c)

old, it

d)

rasped, creaked

20.

Find the example(s) of onomatopoeia in the following sentence.

The saucepan lids crashed and clattered onto the floor.

a)

crashed, clattered

b)

lids, floor

c)

saucepan, floor

d)

saucepan, lids

21.

Find the example(s) of onomatopoeia in the following sentence.

Listen! The fire is crackling and the the wood is hissing.

a)

crackling, hissing

b)

fire, coals

c)

is, are

d)

Listen, is

22.

Find the example(s) of onomatopoeia in the following sentence.

The storm broke with rain and flashes of lightning.

a)

flashes

b)

lightning

c)

rain

d)

storm

23.

Find the examples of onomatopoeia in the following sentence.

Birds chirped as they flew over the gurgling stream.

a)

Birds, flew

b)

Birds, stream

c)

chirped, gurgling

d)

flew, stream

24.

Words whose sound suggest its meaning.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

Idiom

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

25.

An onomatopoeia is also known as?

a)

An action word

b)

A descriptive word

c)

A sound word

d)

A statement

26.

Read the sentence and choose the example of onomatopoeia being used.

Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.

a)

croak

b)

Mrs. Davis

c)

frogs

d)

pond

27.

Read the sentence and choose the example of onomatopoeia being used.

Wow, Hailie's race car zoomed past the finish line.

a)

zoomed

b)

car

c)

wow

d)

finish

28.

Read the sentence and choose the example of onomatopoeia being used.

"When Hannah pressed the gas, she took off so quickly that her tires screeched."

a)

pressed

b)

screeched

c)

gas

d)

tires

29.

What example of onomatopoeia does this image show?

a)

booo

b)

mooo

c)

woof

d)

cling

30.

What example of onomatopoeia does this image show?

a)

screeched

b)

swish

c)

bam

d)

roar

31.

What example of onomatopoeia does this image show?

a)

drip

b)

splat

c)

pow

d)

boom

32.
Onomatopoeia words make an author's writing...
a)
more interesting
b)
harder to read
c)
easier to read
d)
sad
33.

What example of onomatopoeia is NOT present in this scene?

a)

boom

b)

pow

c)

bam

d)

honk

34.

What example of onomatopoeia does this image show?

a)

ring

b)

bing

c)

boom

d)

pow

35.

What example of onomatopoeia does this image show?

a)

splash

b)

tweet

c)

boo

d)

cheep

36.

What example of onomatopoeia does this image show?

a)

crash

b)

ka-bomb

c)

meow

d)

woof

37.

What word is an example of Onomatopoeia in this sentence?


The girl screamed, “Eek!” as she thought she saw a monster in her closet.

a)

monster

b)

eek

c)

girl screamed

38.

What example of onomatopoeia does this image show?

a)

ca-ching

b)

pow

c)

clap

d)

boom

39.

Which words are examples of onomatopoeia?

a)

Moooo!

b)

Swoosh

c)

BAAAAAH!

d)

All of the above

40.
Mrs. Siberski whispered, "Shhhhh!" during the test.  This is an example of...
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
neither