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Figurative Language

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two unlike things?

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

2.

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman object or animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

3.

The flowers danced in the wind is an example of:

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

4.

You have a smile that lights up the room is an example of what type of figurative language

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

5.

This sentence is an example of what: "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

6.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphore

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

7.

Alliteration is...

a)

an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

b)

a comparison using like or as

c)

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

d)

Words that sound like their meaning

8.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

b)

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

c)

A comparison that does use like, as, or than

d)

words that sound like their meaning

9.

The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.


What figure of speech is this an example of?

a)

Metaphore

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

10.

The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds.


What figure of speech is this?

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor