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Language Week 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is?

a)

Figurative

b)

Literal

2.

A comparison of two different things using like or as.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

3.

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

4.

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.

a)

Onomatopeia

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Pun

d)

Alliteration

5.

A word that imitates the sound it represents

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

6.

The giant's steps were thunder as he ran towards Jack. This is an example of?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperpole

d)

Sentence

7.

Explain the meaning of the following personified sentence. "The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake."

4 lines
8.

Personify the following:


The puppy (barked) when I left for school.

4 lines
9.

His eyes are shining stars in the middle of the night.

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Sentence

10.

Yolanda Yvonne Yarger yodelled up the yonder yesterday.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personfication

d)

Alliteration

e)

Hyperbole

11.

The air grew cold as the black night set in. The young man began to panic. He must stay warm some how. As he looked through the snow covered hills he began to understand... there was no escape. AS this thought become clear the shadow of the night surrounded him into a deep sleep.


What does the "shadow of the night" mean?

4 lines
12.

The water was a million feet deep.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Personification

13.

The children were nestled, all snug in their beds. While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.


What sense(s) is the writer addressing?

a)

Taste and Touch

b)

Touch and Smell

c)

Taste and Sound

d)

Taste

14.

"To stick your neck out" for someone is an example of?

a)

Idiom

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

15.

"To have a chip on one's shoulder" is an example of?

a)

Simile

b)

Personfication

c)

Idiom

d)

Metaphor