WorksheetsFigurative Language/Poetic Devices
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Match the following definition to the correct figurative language term or poetic device: A comparison, usually between two unrelated things, without using the words “like” or “as”.
Simile
Comparison
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Match the following poetic device to its definition: Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in words that appear in close proximity in the text
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close proximity
A word that is spelled the way that it sounds
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
The following is an example of which type of figurative language: This quiz is as hard as Mr. Mcveigh's head.
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
Hyperbole
Which poetic device is used in the following example: Mr. Brake broke my bike because bats were behind me so he bashed them back but lost balance and barrelled over my bike by accident.
Hyperbole
Assonance
Alliteration
Rhetorical Question
"The test glared at me with disdain" is an example of:
Personification
Personalization
Idiom
Tests can't glare at people!
"Mr. Maniscalco's class is the MOST BORING CLASS IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION!" This is an example of which type of figurative language:
Metaphor
Idiom
Imagery
Hyperbole
The following definition describes which type of figurative language: Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work; language that describes the five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell)
Alliteration
Imagery
Imaginary
Onomatopoeia
"Who do you think you're talking to?" is an example of which type of figurative language?
Figurative Question
Literal Question
Rhetorical Question
Who's asking a question?
Select all of the answers below that contain an idiom:
He let him off the hook!
Stop cutting corners!
She really missed the boat on that one.
She's on the ball today!
Bing, bang, bam, pow, pop, screech, swish, boop, bap, bop, roar, squish, cling, clang, crunch, cuckoo, moo, meow. All of these are examples of which type of figurative language/poetic device?
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Simile
Batman
