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Figurative Language

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which figure of speech means extreme exaggeration

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

2.

Which figure of speech compares 2 unlike things using the words like or as?

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

3.

Using human qualities or characteristics to describe non human things

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

4.

Which figure of speech compares two unlike things saying one thing is another thing WITHOUT using the words like or as?

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

5.

What type of figurative language is this: The leaves danced in the wind.

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

6.

What does this metaphor mean? Tim has a car, but it's a dinosaur.

a)

Tim loves the T-Rex

b)

Tim's car is really old

c)

Tim went to Jurassic Park

d)

Tim's car is small

7.

Mary's voice is the music to my ears.

a)

A) Idiom

b)

B) Pun

c)

C) Hyperbole

d)

D) Metaphor

8.

My life is like a roller coaster.

a)

A. simile

b)

B. idiom

c)

C.hyperbole

d)

D. metaphor

9.

The wind was howling like a wolf.

a)

A. metaphor

b)

B. Idiom

c)

C. Simile

d)

D. Hyperbole

10.

I am the happiest person in the on earth.

a)

A.)idiom

b)

B.)pun

c)

C.)hyperbole

d)

D.)simile

11.

The snow is a white blanket.

a)

A.)Idiom

b)

B.)Metaphor

c)

C.)Pun

d)

D.)Simile

12.

The flowers were dancing in the wind.

a)

A. personification

b)

B. pun

c)

C. simile

d)

D. metaphor

13.

Which one is personification?

a)

A.) The wind whistled through the air.

b)

B.) I was so hungry I could eat a horse.

c)

C.) Her eyes were jewels.

d)

D.) The cat was like the night sky.

14.
What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"
a)
Photography is one of my hobbies.
b)
I own an expensive camera.
c)
Photos of me are always really good. 
d)
I like to visit art museums.
15.
What's the meaning of this metaphor?
"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."
a)
Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.
b)
Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.
c)
Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.
d)
After the game, a tornado hit.
16.
What does it really mean: "She was pulling my leg."
a)
She grabbed my leg and tugged on it.
b)
She hurt my leg.
c)
She was joking with me. 
17.

What is this, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get?"

a)

Simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

making me hungry

18.

She is sweet as pie.


What does this mean?

a)

She tastes like pie

b)

She is very nice

c)

She is flakey and doesn't keep her word

d)

She is a piece of pie.

19.

After my workout my legs were jelly.


What does this mean?

a)

My legs were tired

b)

My legs were strong

c)

My legs were jelly

d)

my legs were purple and tasted like grape jelly

20.

What Figure of Speech is this, 'After a long day my bed was calling my name"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

21.

What does this personification mean?


The chocolate cake was tempting me all day.

a)

I really wanted to eat that cake because it looked so good

b)

The cake kept calling me because it would not stop talking

c)

The cake was dancing

d)

I have no idea