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What do you know: Figurative Language

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which figurative language gives human traits to non-human objects?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Onomatopoeia

2.

Which figurative language compares two things without using "like" or "as?"

a)

Similie

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

3.

True or False: The following line is an idiom:

"My Fortnite game is calling my name to come play it!"

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What figurative language uses repeating letters or sounds?

a)

Similie

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Onomatopeia

d)

Alliteration

e)

Metaphor

5.

Check the two correct answers below:

Which figurative languages compares two things?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Similie

e)

Hyperbole

6.

Which two figurative languages are shown in the following sentence?


"It's so hot outside that it feels like a thousand degrees and I'm going to melt like an ice cube!"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

7.

What sound device is used in this example?


"Bees'll buzz..."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

8.

What form of figurative language is being used in this song?


"Love is an open door."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

9.

What form of figurative language is used in this example?


"We must be swift as a coursing river..."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

10.

What form of figurative language is used in this example?


"Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road

Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go

So make the best of this test and don't ask why

It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right

I hope you had the time of your life"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

11.

What form of figurative language is being used?


"Hello from the other side

I must have called a thousand times."

a)

hyperbole

b)

symbols

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

12.

What sound device is being used?


"Boom boom clap

Boom de clap de clap

One, two, three, everybody

C'mon off your seats

I'm gonna tell ya 'bout a beat

That's gonna make ya move your feet"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

13.

What sound device is being used in this example?


"Louder, louder than a lion."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

14.

What form of figurative language is used in this example?


"I would walk 500 miles, And I would walk 500 more, Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles to fall down at your door."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

15.
Identify the figurative language:
I let you get away with
Thinking you're the cure
I think I'm in too deep
It's time to pull the cord
a)
Simile
b)
Pun
c)
Imagery
d)
Idiom