WorksheetsFIGURE IT OUT!
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 7mins
You say exactly what you mean. You make no comparison, and you do not exaggerate or understate the situation.
LITERAL LANGUAGE
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Read between the lines because not everything is as it appears.
LITERAL LANGUAGE
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
IT IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH in which an exaggeration or overstatement is made to illustrate a point.
SIMILE
METAPHOR
OXYMORON
HYPERBOLE
IT IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH in which animals, ideas, or objects are given human characteristics or form.
ALLITERATION
APOSTROPHE
PERSONIFICATION
METAPHOR
IT IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH in which a comparison is drawn between two dissimilar or unlike things without the use of like or as.
SIMILE
METAPHOR
APOSTROPHE
PERSONIFICATION
“Your sister is so skinny, she has to run around in the shower to get wet!”
(a)
The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!
(a)
The road was a ribbon wrapped through the dessert.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Persinification
The muscles on his brawny arms are strong as iron bands.
Simile
Metaphor
Apostrophe
Alliteration
He’s a lion when he fights.
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Apostrophe
The band played to a small crowd at the concert.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Personification
Susan suddenly stretched slowly.
(a)
Which of these sentences have FIGURATIVE meaning?
Her teeth are like stars because they come out at night.
Mrs. Brown sometimes gives us too much homework.
These bags are so heavy my arms are falling off.
When she sings her voice is like velvet.
Cellphone! Why won’t you load my messages?
Alliteration
Apostrophe
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
“Don’t delay dawn’s disarming display.
Dusk demands daylight.”
From “Dewdrops Dancing Down Daises”
(a)
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
(a)
Check all the statements that are literally stated:
I’ve told you a million times to clean up your room.
The water was rising in the river because of the rain.
Grant always turns in his homework.
When she sings her voice is like velvet.
