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Figurative Language

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a simile?

a)

compares 2 unlike things using like or as

b)

states that something is something else

c)

an exaggeration

d)

giving a nonhuman object human like characteristics

2.

What is a metaphor?

a)

An exaggerated statement

b)

a phrase that repeats itself

c)

compares 2 unlike things using like or as

d)

compares 2 unlike things not using like or as

3.

Which is not a simile?

a)

I like ice cream on a hot, sunny day.

b)

She is like a bull in a china store.

c)

It smells like garbage.

d)

Like Zeus, he was all powerful.

4.
Which of the following is a hyperbole?
a)
She is as pretty as a flower.
b)
She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
c)
She is a beautiful flower.
d)
She is very pretty.
5.
"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Whistling
b)
Happiness
c)
Walking
d)
Hiking
6.
"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?
a)
Adele
b)
The store
c)
High heels
d)
Her
7.

The road went off into the distance as straight as ____?

a)

A bowling ball

b)

A cyclone

c)

A figure eight

d)

An arrow

8.

Check all responses that ARE similes.

a)

Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

b)

Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.

c)

I like to eat steak and potatoes.

d)

He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.

e)

He is as fast as a cheetah.

9.

Which of the following could be added to the phrase, "My cat is black" to form a simile?

a)

And furry

b)

All over

c)

In color

d)

As ink

10.

My life is a dream of wonders

a)

idiom

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

metaphor