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Figurative Language

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a simile?

a)

Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

b)

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

c)

Words that sound like their meaning

d)

A comparison between two things not using like or as

2.

Alliteration is...

a)

an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

b)

a comparison using like or as

c)

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

d)

Words that sound like their meaning

3.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

b)

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

c)

A comparison that does use like, as, or than

d)

words that sound like their meaning

4.

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

5.

Having the same sound at the end of two or more words

a)

Couplet

b)

Rhyme Pattern

c)

Alliteration

d)

Verse

6.

The use of symbols to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature.

a)

Symbolism

b)

Couplet

c)

Free Verse

d)

Imagery

7.

"You are like a ray of sunshine!" is an example of:

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

8.

I've told you a million times to clean your room!

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

9.

“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.”

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Allusion

10.

Rachel is a walking encyclopedia.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Idiom

11.

“Cars come and go like frantic ants.”

a)

personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Allusion

12.

The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.

a)

hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Personification

d)

Repetition

13.
"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 
a)
simile and personification
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
14.
"My heart's a stereo." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
15.
"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
16.
When the Wind is low, and the sea is soft, and the heat-lightning plays
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
17.
Your beauty was a web of frail delight
a)
Simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
18.
Simile or Metaphor:
My life is a dream.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor