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Figurative Language Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"The star guided me through the night" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

2.

"I drive as slow as a turtle" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

3.

What is an alliteration?

a)

a word that is a sound

b)

a comparison not using "like" or "as"

c)

the same beginning sound repeated

d)

a comparison using "like" or "as"

4.

"The couch was a rock" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

5.
A word whose sounds suggests its meaning is which type of figurative language?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
6.

"He thought he was going to die from embarrassment" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Assonance

c)

Idiom

d)

Simile

7.

"Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Allusion

8.
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?
a)
Personification
b)
Imagery
c)
Assonance
d)
Alliteration
9.
"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
10.
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true is which type of figurative language?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification
11.
A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as is which type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
12.
"The gentle giant jumped in jubilation" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Imagery