WorksheetsFigurative Language Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which of the following is the definition of personification?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing to another thing of a different kind, used to make the description more emphatic
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
Giving human traits to non-living things
A group of words that mean something different from their literal meaning.
Which of the following is a word that describes a sound and mimics that sound?
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Personification
Which of the following is the definition of hyperbole?
Language used to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.
A group of words that mean something different from their literal meaning.
Word that describes a sound and mimics that sound
Giving human traits to non-living things
Which of the following is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
Which of the following is the definition of metaphor?
figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as
giving an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have
word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning
figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common
Which of the following is word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning?
idiom
personification
simile
onomatopoeia
"My alarm clock yelled at me" is an example of which type of figurative language?
simile
onomatopoeia
personification
idiom
"He's running faster than the wind" is an example of which type of figurative language?
simile
onomatopoeia
personification
hyperbole
"Her heart is gold" is an example of which type of figurative language?
simile
metaphor
personification
onomatopoeia
"The world is like a stage" is an example of which type of figurative language?
metaphor
idiom
hyperbole
simile
"Ribbit" is an example of which type of figurative language?
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
"When pigs fly" is an example of what type of figurative language?
hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
simile
