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Figurtive language

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Simile

a)

comparison using "like" or "as"

b)

comparison without using "like" or "as"

c)

a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase

2.

Connotation

a)

to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature, art, etc., the particular idea or quality that is expressed by a symbol

b)

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

c)

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

3.

Hyperbole

a)

giving human characteristics to something non-human

b)

extreme exaggeration

c)

implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text

4.

Metaphor

a)

comparison without using "like" or "as"

b)

comparison using "like" or "as"

c)

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

5.

Idiom

a)

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

b)

continuious repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words

c)

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

6.

Personification

a)

giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

b)

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

c)

comparison using "like" or "as"

7.

Onomatopoeia

a)

refers to words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe

b)

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

c)

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

8.

Allusion

a)

giving human qualitys to non-human things

b)

extreme exaggeration

c)

implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text

9.

Alliteration

a)

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

b)

implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text

c)

comparing using "like" or "as"

10.

Symbolism

a)

extreme exaggeration

b)

comparing without using "like" or "as"

c)

to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature, art, etc.,the particular idea or quality that is expressed by a symbol.

11.

Denotation

a)

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

b)

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

c)

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

12.

"your eyes are as green as the the grass"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

13.

"the door made a bang"

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

14.

"the trees were dancing"

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

15.

" sally sold sea shells by the sea shore"

a)

alliteration

b)

symbolism

16.

"my backpack weighs a ton"

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

17.

"break a leg"

a)

idiom

b)

metaphor

18.

“don't act like a scrooge.”

a)

allusion

b)

symbolism

19.

"I have a heart of gold"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

20.

"blue means peaceful

a)

metaphor

b)

symbolism

21.

“she's feeling blue.”

a)

connotation

b)

deotation

22.

"a dictonary is a book of words with definitions"

a)

connotation

b)

denotation

23.

How do you think you did

a)

Great

b)

Good

c)

Ok

d)

Bad