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Figurative Language

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You are an apple of my eye.

The above sentence is an example of .....

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

2.

What do you understand by :

The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

a)

The car is very old.

b)

The car was truly made in prehistoric times.

c)

The car is very new.

3.

What is a simile?

a)

Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

b)

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

c)

Words that sound like their meaning

d)

A comparison between two things not using like or as

4.

Alliteration is...

a)

an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

b)

a comparison using like or as

c)

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

d)

Words that sound like their meaning

5.

An exaggerated statement is a...

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

6.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

b)

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

c)

A comparison that does use like, as, or than

d)

words that sound like their meaning

7.

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

8.

Two words that have opposite or very different meanings

a)

Couplet

b)

Imagery

c)

Oxymorons

d)

Limerick

9.

The little road says, Go,

The little house says, Stay

These sentences are.........

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

10.

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of .......

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

11.

"BOOM" is an example of .....

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

12.

Zara's voice is the music to my ears.

The above sentence is an example of .....

a)

A) Idiom

b)

B) Onomatopoeia

c)

C) Hyperbole

d)

D) Metaphor

13.

The wind was howling like a wolf.

The above sentence is an example of .....

a)

A. metaphor

b)

B. onomatopoeia

c)

C. Simile

d)

D. Hyperbole

14.

Peter Piper picked a pair of peppers.

The above sentence is an example of .....

a)

A) Simile

b)

B) Hyperbole

c)

C) Alliteration

d)

D) Onomatopoeia

15.

I have a billion homework assignments to do.

The above sentence is an example of .....

a)

A) personification

b)

B) metaphor

c)

C) hyperbole

d)

D) simile

16.

The snow is a white blanket.

The above sentence is an example of .....

a)

A.personification

b)

B.Metaphor

c)

C.alliteration

d)

D.Simile

17.

Just holding a thousand balloons flung Aarya in the air two billion miles!!!

This is an example of ........

a)

A. Alliteration

b)

B. Pun

c)

C. Idiom

d)

D. Hyperbole

18.

The flowers were dancing in the wind.

The above sentence is an example of .....

a)

A. personification

b)

B. oxymoron

c)

C. simile

d)

D. metaphor

19.

I wandered lonely as a cloud.

This sentence is .......

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

20.

I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils.

The above sentence is.....

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

oxymoron