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Figure of Speech that Shows Comparison

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What figure of speech is used to show comparison of two dissimilar objects using the words "like" and "as"?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

2.

Which among the following pictures shows personification?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

What figure of speech is shown in this picture?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

4.

This gives human qualities/characteristics to things,places,plants,animals and ideas. What figure of speech is this?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

5.

There are two figures of speech that show comparison of two unlike subjects. Which of these are they?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

6.

In using simile, what are the comparing words used to show indirect comparison?

a)

are

b)

as

c)

same

d)

like

e)

is

7.
A figure of speech is...
a)
a familiar expression
b)
a non-literal way of saying something
c)
what the author literally means
d)
something only writers use
8.
Figures of speech mean exactly what the words say.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The words "like" and "as" typically appear in a...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
idiom
10.
When words are literal, they mean exactly what they say.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What is the figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving things are spoken about as if they were human?
a)
simile
b)
metaphor 
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
12.
"Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest."
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
13.
I bombed the Biology test. I wish had studied harder for it.
What does this mean?
a)
I passed the test
b)
I failed the test 
c)
I forgot I had a test
d)
I was absent for the test
14.
"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?
a)
High Heels
b)
The store
15.
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?
a)
The walls
b)
The scream
16.
The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?
a)
say
b)
moon
17.
The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?
a)
say
b)
moon
18.
Which is an example of personification?
a)
The sun smiled at us
b)
The sun is like a light bulb
19.
The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
20.
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
21.

His nose was as red as a ripe strawberry.


What two things are being compared?

a)

nose and red

b)

red and a strawberry

c)

nose and a strawberry

d)

red and ripe

22.

The classroom was a zoo.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

23.

I can do a cartwheel! It's a piece of cake! What does the idiom "Piece of cake" mean?

a)

it's easy

b)

it's challenging

c)

a happy feeling

24.

Similes and metaphors are poetic devices. What does this mean?

a)

Every poem has at least one simile or metaphor

b)

They are literary techniques commonly found in poetry

c)

They are rarely used in writings other than poetry

d)

They are tricks poets use to fool their readers