WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 15mins
The repetition of initial sounds at the beginning of words
alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
An exaggeration is called a/an
alliteration
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
When you give human-like qualities to something that is not human
alliteration
simile
personification
metaphor
A comparison using like or as
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
idiom
Words that resemble the sound they describe
hyperbole
idiom
onomatopoeia
personification
A comparison of two things without using like or as
alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
What is a common expression that means something different from what it actually says?
Imagery
Hyperbole
Repetition
Idiom
What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?
The students were as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?
Maggie makes Max pick up many marbles.
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?
The walker was a turtle when she made her way through the race.
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Metaphor
What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?
The heater yelled as it came on for the first time for the winter.
Alliteration
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?
It took me a hundred years to finish all of my homework last night.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
I wanted to argue back, but I "bit my tongue" and decided it was better to stay quiet.
"Bit my tongue" is an example of a(n)....
alliteration
idiom
personification
simile
What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?
Boom! The fireworks cracked above in the sky to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Simile
What type of figurative language uses the words "like" or "as?"
Simile
Metaphor
idiom
imagery
What does the sentence below actually mean?
Lightning danced across the sky.
The lightning was at a dance party.
The lightning was bad at dancing.
There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.
There was no lightning in the sky.
What type of figurative language is used below?
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
onomatopoeia
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times."
hyperbole
symbols
onomatopoeia
metaphor
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"So let the light guide your way, yeah
Hold every memory as you go
And every road you take
Will always lead you home, home."
personification
imagery
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"Just like a moth drawn to a flame
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."
simile
hyperbole
alliteration
imagery
What TWO figurative language devices are used in the song lyrics below?
"She's just a girl, and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway
She's living in a world, and it's on fire"
(Select 2)
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
simile
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
Boom! shake-shake-shake the room
Boom! shake-shake-shake the room
Boom! shake-shake-shake the room
Tic-tic-tic-tic Boom!
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Understate...
Idiom
What kind of figurative language is used in the italicized lyrics below?
"When I met you, girl, my heart went knock, knock"
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
What kind of figurative language is used in the lyrics below?
"You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me."
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"Like a sprained ankle, boy, I ain't nothin' to play with." - Drake
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
What kind of figurative language is used in the lyrics below?
"I'd catch a grenade for you"
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
What does "I'd catch a grenade for you" mean?
He is angry.
He wants to get away from her.
He would risk his life for her.
He would go to war for her.
What does the simile mean?
"You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me."
It shows that she was attacked.
It shows that words hurt.
It shows that she is violent.
It shows that she is watching a violent movie.
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"Hello Darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again"
personification
hyberbole
idiom
alliteration
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"You're like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion"
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"When we were younger and free
I've forgotten how it felt
Before the world fell at our feet"
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close,
Hear my thoughts in every note"
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"We are searchlights
We can see in the dark"
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"You're giving me a million
reasons to let you go
You're giving me a million
reasons to quit the show"
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it"
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?"
All that I know is gone
All that I know is gone
Fall deeper and deeper,
the sirens are singing your songs."
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Imagery is writing that appeals to.....
Your knowledge of history
Your ability to do math.
Your sense of time and scheduling
The five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch).
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"Life is a highway
I'm going to ride it all night long"
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
"Said, I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow so..." is an example of
simile
hyperbole
alliteration
onomatopoeia
"Tick tock on the clock," is an example of...
onomatopoeia
personification
metaphor
simile
What type of figurative language is used in the song lyrics below?
"Baby now we've got bad blood"
alliteration
personification
simile
onomatopoeia
Why do authors use repetition and/or rhyme in writing?
To emphasize important ideas, and help readers remember key points.
So they don't have to think of new words
To make stories longer without adding new ideas
Because it is always required
The new Apple watch costs "an arm and a leg."
"An arm and a leg" is an example of a(n).....
metaphor
personification
idiom
rhyme
