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Figurative Language

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the term to the definition: When two unlike things are compared—using like or as—in order to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Idiom

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

2.

Match the term to the definition: Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Allusion

3.

Match the term to the definition: Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities or emotions.

a)

Idiom

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

4.

Match the term to the definition: The use of words whose sounds imitate the sounds of what they describe

a)

Metaphor

b)

Allusion

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Alliteration

5.

Match the term to the definition: : When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound (usually, the same letter or group of letters).

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Simile

6.

What two literary terms compare unlike things?

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Idiom

7.

What is the definition of a metaphor?

a)

When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound (usually, the same letter or group of letters).

b)

Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

c)

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words.

d)

The comparison of two unlike things to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things.

8.

What is the definition of an idiom?

a)

The comparison of two unlike things to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things.

b)

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words.

c)

The use of words whose sounds imitate the sounds of what they describe

d)

When two unlike things are compared—using like or as—in order to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things.

9.

What is imagery?

a)

Language that portrays sensory experiences, or experiences of the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

b)

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words.

c)

Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

d)

When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound (usually, the same letter or group of letters).

10.

What term is related with the words pow, boom, and buzz.

a)

Personifcation

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Idiom

d)

Hyperbole