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Christmas Figurative Language

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You're as cuddly as a cactus

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

2.

Giving human characteristics to something that is not human is called...

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

personification

3.

There were a million presents under the Christmas tree.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

4.

Words that imitate the sounds that they make are known as....

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphors

5.

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer has a really red nose.

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

6.

The snow was a blanket over the dead grass.

a)

personification

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

7.

The Christmas lights danced across the tree.

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

onomatopoeia

8.

The beard on his chin was as white as the snow.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

9.

We're a picture of perfection sitting by the fire.

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

10.

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

11.

The bells chimed, "ding dong."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

12.

Santa soared in his sleigh through the starry night sky.

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

13.

My sister is an angel.

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

14.

It took a century to drive to my Grandma's house.

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

15.

Thumpity thump thump look at Frosty go.

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

16.

"My mom makes me the most magical muffins every Christmas morning." What two types of figurative language are in that sentence?

a)

alliteration and hyperbole

b)

alliteration and metaphor

c)

personification and simile

d)

alliteration and personification

17.

Comparing two unlike things by saying one thing is another

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

18.

Meredith spent months amassing enough money to buy her mother a beautiful necklace.

a)

distributing

b)

gathering

c)

spending

19.

My sister’s casserole looked odious, so I skipped over it.

a)

repulsive

b)

delicious

c)

burnt

20.

Ashley ardently waited for her family to return home so they could open presents.

a)

quietly

b)

patiently

c)

eagerly

21.

When I was about to go on stage for the Christmas program my mom said, "Break a leg!"


What type of figurative language is "break a leg"?

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole