WorksheetsFigurative Language Pre-Assessment (Regular)
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Why do people use figurative language?
To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
To be grammatically correct.
To structure their writing into paragraphs.
To help their writing make more sense.
What is an example of an alliteration?
The vase flew off of the shelf.
Powerful pandas punch parrots.
The plant liked to fly.
I like to eat pie.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days.
What does the metaphor mean above?
The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise.
The baby never smiled.
The baby girl's smile made the moon come out.
Which of the following is a hyperbole?
She is as pretty as a flower.
She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
She is a beautiful flower.
She is very pretty.
"I've been waiting forever!" is an example of what?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Symbolism
What's the meaning of this hyperbole?
"Shawn would move mountains for Angela."
Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together.
Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes.
Shawn would do anything for Angela.
Angela is really pretty.
When your parents learn about your new plan to raise money, it's going to sink like the Titanic.
pun
allusion
idiom
metaphor
Before she went out on stage, her mom yelled, "Break a leg!"
idiom
pun
hyperbole
allusion
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
idiom
pun
allusion
metaphor
