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Figurative Language Review

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of figurative language is being used?
Pasqually cried like a baby after he ate too much pasta.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
imagery
2.
What kind of figurative language is being used?
The bus hit a tree and went boom as it exploded.
a)
onomatopoeia 
b)
imagery
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
3.
What kind of figurative language is being used?
Avery was so mad his head blew up.
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
4.

What kind of figurative language is being used?

6th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant hurricane.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

5.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

a)

idiom

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

6.

an extreme exaggeration

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

7.

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

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

8.

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

Break a leg

b)

She was white as a ghost

c)

Buzz Buzz

d)

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

9.

What is the meaning of this simile? "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

a)

Her hair is red

b)

She gets really angry

c)

She talks very loudly

d)

She spits when she talks

10.

the use of descriptive detail to create a mental image or feeling

a)

imagery

b)

personification

c)

idiom

d)

onomatopoeia

11.
Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Touch 
d)
Taste
12.
What is an example of an alliteration?
a)
The vase flew off of the shelf. 
b)
Powerful pandas punch parrots.
c)
The plant liked to fly.
d)
I like to eat pie
13.
Juana's dark eyes swam like fish behind her tinted glasses. What is being compared in this simile?
a)
eyes-glasses
b)
eyes-fish
c)
fish-glasses
14.
My stomach did a backflip.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
15.
I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.
a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
16.
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.
17.

a word that imitates sound

a)

imagery

b)

personfication

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

idiom

18.

compares two different things USING the words "like" or "as"

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

simile

19.

the occurrence of the same letter sound at the beginning of closely connected words

a)

imagery

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

20.

compares two different things NOT using the words "like" or "as".

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

21.

non-human objects given human characteristics

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

22.

a phrase or expression that has a non-literal meaning attached to it

a)

imagery

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

alliteration

23.

The denotation of a word is it's dictionary meaning.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

a)

positive

b)

negative

25.
I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ____________ connotation.
a)
positive
b)
negative
26.
Choose the word with the positive connotation.
inquiring--prying
a)
inquiring
b)
prying
27.
Choose the word with the positive connotation.
gossip--chat
a)
gossip
b)
chat
28.
Choose the word with the positive connotation.
gathering--mob
a)
gathering
b)
mob
29.

The connotation of a word can be

a)

positive

b)

negative

c)

neutral

d)

true

e)

false

30.

What is an example of denotation?

a)

Childish being negative while youthful is positive

b)

Dreamer- a person who is dreaming or has dreams

c)

Candy apples are very delicious.

d)

How have you been?

31.

What is the meaning of connotation?

a)

Emotional meaning of a word

b)

An emotional outburst

c)

Official meaning of a word

d)

Refers to emotional atmosphere produced by an author’s use of language

32.
Which is an example of personification?
a)
The sun smiled at us
b)
The sun is like a light bulb
33.
What type of figurative language is this?
"I am titanium."
a)
Alliteration
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
34.

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes

a)

red-herring

b)

alliteration

c)

idiom

d)

personification

35.

It really burned me up when you yelled at me

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

idiom

36.

We had to wait forever!

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

37.
Alex had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
*What is the onomatopoeia?
a)
grumbling
b)
teacher
38.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  
a)
croak
b)
Mrs. Davis
c)
frogs
d)
pond
39.
There was a loud bang when the door shut.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
none
40.

The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers. What is being personified?

a)

The gardener

b)

The flowers

c)

The crops

41.

William knew that he shouldn't have eaten the last cookie out of the cookie jar. He knew that his father loved to eat chocolate chip cookies after work, but William ate the last one anyway. Now as he waited for his father to come home, guilt poked and chewed at William. As delicious as the cookie was, William now wished that he had never opened that cookie jar. What is personified?

a)

The cookie jar

b)

The cookies

c)

Guilt