WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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.
Metaphor
Idiom
Alliteration
Simile
Match the term to the definition: Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement that is not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Allusion
Match the term to the definition: Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities or emotions.
Idiom
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Match the term to the definition: The use of words whose sounds imitate the sounds of what they describe
Metaphor
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
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).
Alliteration
Personification
Idiom
Simile
What two literary terms compare unlike things?
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
What is the definition of a metaphor?
When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound (usually, the same letter or group of letters).
Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement that is not meant to be taken literally.
An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words.
The comparison of two unlike things to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things.
What is the definition of an idiom?
The comparison of two unlike things to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things.
An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words.
The use of words whose sounds imitate the sounds of what they describe
When two unlike things are compared—using like or as—in order to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things.
What is imagery?
Language that portrays sensory experiences, or experiences of the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words.
Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement that is not meant to be taken literally.
When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound (usually, the same letter or group of letters).
What term is related with the words pow, boom, and buzz.
Personifcation
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Hyperbole
