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Figurative Language - Creative Writing

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a metaphor?

a)

An imaginative comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

b)

An imaginative comparison between two similar things

c)

A symbol that appears throughout a literary work

d)

Giving human characteristics to a non-human object or idea

2.

Which two words could you use when you create a simile?

a)

SUCH or LIKE

b)

SO or AS

c)

LIKE or AND

d)

LIKE or AS

3.

What is an allusion?

a)

A magic trick :)

b)

A reference to something with literary, cultural or historical significance.

c)

An imaginative comparison to two similar things.

d)

A word or phrase that is understood to mean something different than what is explicitly said

4.

"She's as clever as a fox" is an example of...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Allusion

c)

Simile

d)

Idiom

5.

"Dying is a wild night and a new road" is an example of...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Allusion

d)

Idiom

6.

The embodiment of Death in Poe's "Masque of the Red Death" is an example of...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Allusion

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

7.

"That line is a million miles long!" is an example of...

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Idiom

d)

Personification

8.

"The Crown extends an invitation..." The Crown represents a monarch. This is an example of...

a)

Simile

b)

Metonymy

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

9.

"Easy there, Romeo..." Is an example of...

a)

Allusion

b)

Idiom

c)

Metonymy

d)

Metaphor

10.

"It's like comparing apples to oranges" is an example of...

a)

Allusion

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Idiom