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Figurative Language Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following is the definition of personification?

a)

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing to another thing of a different kind, used to make the description more emphatic

b)

A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison

c)

Giving human traits to non-living things

d)

A group of words that mean something different from their literal meaning.

2.

Which of the following is a word that describes a sound and mimics that sound?

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

3.

Which of the following is the definition of hyperbole?

a)

Language used to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.

b)

A group of words that mean something different from their literal meaning.

c)

Word that describes a sound and mimics that sound

d)

Giving human traits to non-living things

4.

Which of the following is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

5.

Which of the following is the definition of metaphor?

a)

figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as

b)

giving an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have

c)

word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning

d)

figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common

6.

Which of the following is word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning?

a)

idiom

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

onomatopoeia

7.

"My alarm clock yelled at me" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

idiom

8.

"He's running faster than the wind" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

9.

"Her heart is gold" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

10.

"The world is like a stage" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile

11.

"Ribbit" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

12.

"When pigs fly" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

d)

simile