WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
Words that sound like their meaning
A comparison between two things not using like or as
Alliteration is...
an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
a comparison using like or as
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Words that sound like their meaning
What is a metaphor?
A comparison that does not use like, as, or than
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
A comparison that does use like, as, or than
words that sound like their meaning
Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Having the same sound at the end of two or more words
Couplet
Rhyme Pattern
Alliteration
Verse
The use of symbols to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature.
Symbolism
Couplet
Free Verse
Imagery
"You are like a ray of sunshine!" is an example of:
onomatopoeia
alliteration
simile
metaphor
I've told you a million times to clean your room!
Alliteration
Personification
metaphor
Hyperbole
“I tell her of my father’s great herd, and how they would graze each day, walking for miles, the sun in our bones, the grass whispering its shy music.”
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
Rachel is a walking encyclopedia.
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Idiom
“Cars come and go like frantic ants.”
personification
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.
hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification
Repetition
My life is a dream.
