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WorksheetsFreak the Mighty Figurative Language
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the definition of a metaphor?
A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as
Truth is exaggerated for humor or emphasis
A comparison between two unlike objects not using like or as
Giving human like characteristics to non living objects
What is the definition of personification?
Giving human like characteristics to non living objects
A word that describes a sound being made
Words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence
Truth is exaggerated for humor or emphasis
What is the definition of hyperbole?
A comparison between two unlike objects not using like or as
A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as
Truth is exaggerated for humor or emphasis
A word that describes a sound being made.
What is the definition of a simile?
words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence
A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as
A comparison between two unlike objects not using like or as
A word that describes a sound being made.
What is the definition of alliteration?
Truth is exaggerated for humor or emphasis
Giving human like characteristics to non living objects
Words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence
A word that describes a sound being made.
What is the definition of onomatopoeia?
A word that describes a sound being made
Truth is exaggerated for humor or emphasis
Giving human like characteristics to non living objects
A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as
What type of figurative language is used in this quote:
"I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while..."
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
What type of figurative language is used in this quote:
"...he's exploding out of his shoes"
Personification
Metaphor
Alliteration
Hyperbole
What two types of figurative languages are used in this quote:
"It's cool and dim in there and you float like a cloud-no, you are a cloud..."
(a)
What type of figurative language is used in this quote:
""...and then the first really big rocket whams off, a humongous thud!"
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
What type of figurative language is used in this quote:
"I'm hanging out in the so-called back yard, your basic chunk of chain-link heaven."
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
What type of figurative language is used in this quote:
"Go that way! Follow the feet!"
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
What two types of figurative languages are used in this quote:
"Like snakes on sneakers, Freak says."
(a)
Check all the quotes that use a simile.
"...and it sounds like World War III..."
"Real shrill and shivery and so loud it hurts my ears."
"...fireworks explode like hot pink flowers in the sky.."
"...and he bangs on the bulkhead, wonka-wonka-wonka..."
Check the quotes that use alliteration.
.."he's mad, hopping mad.."
"...I swear they've been sharpened to look like vampire teeth.."
"I see what Freak has been seeing all along, a cop car cruising.."
"Dinosaurs had brains the size of peanuts.."
