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Figurative Language (SMPH)

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is the following sentence as simile or metaphor?

Her hands were as cold as ice after the hayride.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

2.

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?

The dancer's hands fluttered like wings.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

3.

The following sentences gives the flame human qualities:

The candle flame danced in the dark.


So, what type of the figurative language being used?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

4.

The following sentence is exaggerating:

Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.


So, what type of figurative language is it?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

5.

The following sentence gives human qualities to the thunder and the raindrops:

Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.


So, what type of figurative language is it?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

6.

The following sentence uses "like" or "as" to compare her head to dying flower.

She hung her head like a dying flower.


So, what type of figurative language is used?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

7.

The following sentence gives human qualities to the sunflowers:

The sunflowers nodded in the wind.


So, what type of figurative language is used?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

8.

The following sentence is exaggerating:

Tanya never stops talking.


So, what type of figurative language is being used?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

9.

The following sentence uses "like" or "as" to compare.

Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song.


What type of figurative language is being used?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

10.

The following sentence gives human qualities to something that isn't human:

The train screamed down the tracks.


What type of figurative language is being used?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

11.

What is a simile?

a)

a comparison using "like" or "as"

b)

a comparison, saying something IS something else.

c)

giving human qualities to something that is not a human.

d)

An over exaggeration that truly isn't believable.

12.

Which of the following is an example of personification?

a)

You are as a beautiful as a flower.

b)

The trees danced in the wind.

c)

I waited in line for 10 years!

d)

He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.

13.

What is personification?

a)

A comparison using "like" or "as"

b)

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

c)

and over exaggeration that truly isn't believable

d)

A comparison saying that something IS something else.

14.

The following sentence gives a human quality to the flower:

The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.


So, what type of figurative language is being used?

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

15.

What type of figurative language is shown?

The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

16.

The following sentence says that her hair IS actually ocean waves:

Her long hair is an ocean of waves.


What type of figurative language is shown?

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

17.

The following sentence says that the little sister IS actually a monster:

My little sister is a monster when she hasn’t had a nap.


What type of figurative language is being used?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

18.

The following sentence uses "like" or "as" to compare.

I was as sick as a dog on the day of the test.


What type of figurative language is being used?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

19.

The following sentence uses human qualities to describe the tropical storm sleeping.

The tropical storm slept for two days.


What type of figurative language is being used?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

20.

The following sentence uses over exaggeration:


Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open.


What type of figurative language is used?

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

21.

What is personification?

a)

giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics.

b)

a way to describe people

c)

exaggeration to make a point

d)

when a person is pretending

22.

What is a simile?

a)

when something is fake

b)

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

c)

when two words sound exactly the same

d)

a symbol

23.

What is a metaphor?

a)

when you think too hard

b)

a type of constellation

c)

a comparison of two unlike things

d)

exaggeration

24.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

a coffee drink from Starbucks

b)

use of exaggeration to emphasize a point

c)

giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics

d)

a very fast speed

25.

The wind howled in the night.

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

26.

You were as brave as a lion.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personifiaction

d)

hyperbole

27.

I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

28.

He is a night owl.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

29.

The stairs groaned as we walked on them.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

30.

Watching the show was like watching grass grow.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

31.

I have a million things to do today.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

32.

Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

33.

You are my sunshine.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

34.

It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

35.

This house is as clean as a whistle.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

36.

The moon smiled at the stars in the sky.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

37.
Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
Her hands were as cold as ice after the hayride.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
38.
Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
He was a rock and would not budge on the issue.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
39.
Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
The children were puppets, merely doing what they were told.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
40.
Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
The sun winked out from under the clouds.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole 
41.
Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
Julia felt like she had been walking for days.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole 
42.
Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
The house was lonely and desolate while the family was away.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole 
43.
Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
The roses were begging to be watered.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole 
44.
Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
Shane felt like he had a ton of homework to complete and not enough time to do it.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole 
45.
Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
My alarm clock yells at me each morning to wake up, but I ignore it.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole 
46.
Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
I felt as if I could sleep forever.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole 
47.
Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
The flower seemed to be tilting her head towards the people passing by.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole 
48.
Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
Blake declined the invitation, claiming he had a million things to do. 
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole 
49.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town. 
50.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
51.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 
52.
"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
53.
What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
54.
What's 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 talks really loudly.
c)
She gets really angry. 
d)
She spits when she talks. 
55.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
56.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
57.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.
a)
metaphor
b)
oxymoron
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
58.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.
a)
personification
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
59.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
60.
He was a car speeding through the streets is an example of...
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration