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WorksheetsMonday Figurative Language
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a simile?
a)
Comparing two unlike things without using like and as
b)
Comparing two things in a text
c)
Comparing two unlike things using like and as
d)
None of the above
2.
The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
3.
What is a metaphor?
a)
Comparing two things in a text
b)
Comparing two things using like and as
c)
An over exaggeration
d)
Comparing two things without using like and as
4.
The water well is as dry as a bone is an example of a(n)...
a)
Alliteration
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
5.
What is personification
a)
Giving human qualities to a human
b)
Giving non living qualities to living things
c)
Comparing something to a nonliving thing.
d)
Giving human qualities to a non human things
6.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally.
b)
Telling the truth
c)
Comparing a rock to a island
d)
Break a leg
7.
I am dying of shame is an example of...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
8.
The west wind dances down the road.
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Idiom
d)
Simile
9.
A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Personificati
10.
The sun smiled after the rain stopped.
a)
Personification
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
11.
She’s as tiny as a mouse.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Simile
12.
Her blonde hair shined like the sun.
a)
Personification
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
13.
When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Idiom
14.
The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Idiom
d)
Oxymoron
15.
This term means to use a strong exaggeration:
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbole
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