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Figurative Language in Refugee

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a simile?

a)

Comparing two unlike things without using like and as

b)

Comparing two things in a text

c)

Comparing two unlike things using like and as

d)

None of the above

2.

What is personification?

a)

Giving human qualities to a human

b)

Giving non living qualities to living things

c)

Comparing something to a nonliving thing.

d)

Giving human qualities to a non human things

3.
Onomatopoeia is...
a)
An exaggerated statement
b)
A sound effect
c)
A comparison of two things using like or as
d)
The use of a word associated with a sound.
4.

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

5.

Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

6.

"You are the thunder, and I am the lightning," is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

7.

Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two unlike things?

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Assonance

8.

"The flowers danced in the wind" is an example of:

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

9.

Which technique is use in the following passage:


"It beat at her, pushing her and pulling her like a cat playing with the mouse it was about to eat.” (page 135)

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Assonance

10.

Which technique is used in the following passage:


"Someone at the front of the dinghy yelled, and there was a loud POOM!" (page 146)

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

11.

Which technique is used in the following passage:


“They snatched the book from Mama’s hands and ripped out the pages, tossing them in the air like ashes from a bonfire.” (page 151)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Assonance

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

12.

Identify the simile in the the passage:


Mahmoud’s legs were numb with cold and exhaustion. They felt like two lead weights he struggled to lift and churn to stay afloat.” (page 160)

a)

They felt like two lead weights he struggled to lift

b)

...he struggled to lift and churn to stay afloat.

c)

Mahmoud's legs were numb with cold and exhaustion.

13.

"The words struck Josef like slaps to the face" is an example of _________________

a)

similie

b)

metaphor