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Figurative Language Post Test 7+1

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose a simile that shows the relationship between pizza and lava.

a)

My pizza is as deadly as lava!

b)

My pizza is lava.

c)

My pizza is made from lava.

d)

My pizza is as hot as burning lava!

2.

How do you identify a simile in a passage?

a)

A simile is a comparison between two things using like or as

b)

A simile is a comparison between two things WITHOUT using like or as.

c)

A simile is an over exaggeration.

d)

A simile is when you give human characteristics to nonhuman things.

3.

The football player was as big as a house. The talented girl played soccer like a boss.

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

oxymoron

4.

He is a shining star. Time is a thief.

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

personification

5.

The thunder clouds laughed at the people trying to run for cover from the rain.

a)

irony

b)

personification

c)

oxymoron

d)

pun

6.

It's raining cats and dogs.

a)

idiom

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

onomatopoeia

7.

BOOM! POW! WHACK!

a)

simile

b)

pun

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

irony

8.

Sally sells sea shells by the seashore.

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

pun

d)

alliteration

9.

This bag weighs a ton! I've told you to clean your room a million times!

a)

idiom

b)

irony

c)

pun

d)

hyperbole

10.

It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

e)

symbol

11.

Life is like a box of chocolates

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile

e)

alliteration

12.

The pencil danced across the paper

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

e)

symbol

13.

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

She was white as a ghost

b)

Buzz

c)

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Peppers

d)

Break a leg

14.
I plant purple petunias in the park.
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
personification
d)
metaphor
15.
The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
simile
d)
personification
16.

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

17.

Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Cliche

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Metaphor

18.

What is the meaning of this simile? "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

a)

Her hair is red

b)

She gets really angry

c)

She talks very loudly

d)

She spits when she talks

19.

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words is what?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Imagery

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

20.

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

21.

Which is an example of alliteration?

a)

"Quiet as a mouse"

b)

"I am silver and exact"

c)

"A canner can can anything that he can"

d)

"One morning remarked to his granny"

22.

An obvious exaggeration

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

23.

Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

24.

Giving non-human objects human qualities

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

simile

25.

A comparison of 2 things using "like" or "as"

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

26.

Laughter is music to the soul

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

27.

The moon smiled at me

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

28.
A teacher's pet is...
a)
The teacher's favorite student
b)
The class pet
c)
The teacher's animal at home
29.
An eager beaver is...
a)
To be enthusiastic
b)
To be hardworking like a beaver
c)
To hesitate
30.
To hit the books means...
a)
To be angry
b)
To study hard
c)
To visit the library
31.
Old school means...
a)
An older student
b)
School from long ago
c)
Old-fashioned ideas
32.

Her bed felt like an iceberg in the winter.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Irony

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Pun

33.

Which two types of figurative language are in this line:


"The leaves are dancers twirling with abandon."

a)

A hyperbole/personification

b)

A metaphor/personification

c)

A simile/metaphor

d)

Personification/Onomatopoeia

34.

Which type of figurative language is used in the line in red?


And when the night wind roars

And the moon rocks in the stormy cloud,

He bounds to his feet and snuffs and sniffs,

Shaking his wet sides over the cliffs,

And howls and howls long and loud.


But on quiet days in May or June,

When even the grasses on the dune

Play no more their reedy tune,

With his head between his paws

He lies on the sandy shores,

So quiet, so quiet, he scarcely snores.

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

idiom

35.

Compares 2 unlike things saying one thing is another thing

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

36.

Using sound words

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

37.

What does this metaphor mean? Tim has a car, but it's a dinosaur.

a)

Tim loves the T-Rex

b)

Tim's car is really old

c)

Tim went to Jurassic Park

d)

Tim's car is small

38.

Kathy loves to capture bugs when she is outside. What word could you change bug to, and make more alliteration in the sentence?

a)

butterflies

b)

dogs

c)

catepillars

d)

lighting bugs

39.

This coffee shop is an ice box!

a)

simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

personification

40.

The sky misses the sun at night

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Repetition

41.

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

42.

Which one is “ Alliteration “?

a)

I told you million times not to touch that!

b)

He has a heart of stone.

c)

Watching that movie was like watching grass grow.

d)

Your friends will flip-flop fast when facing trouble.

43.

"Pop! The cork flew from the champagne bottle." The word 'pop' is an example of:

a)

personification

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

44.

Write a complete sentence using and example of an onomatopoeia.

4 lines
45.

Write a complete sentence using and example of an hyperbole.

4 lines
46.

Write a complete sentence using and example of an metaphor.

4 lines
47.

Write a complete sentence using and example of an simile.

4 lines
48.

Write a complete sentence using and example of an personification.

4 lines
49.

Write a complete sentence using and example of an alliteration.

4 lines
50.

Write a complete sentence using and example of an idiom.

4 lines

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