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Types of Figurative Language

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Figurative language

a)

giving an animal or object human characteristics.

b)

Is a language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

c)

is a type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using words like or as

2.

Personification

a)

giving an animal or object human characteristics.

b)

is a type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using words like or as

c)

is when a beginning consonant sound is repeated in a series of words. Alliteration can be seen in poetry, song lyrics, common phrases, and tongue twisters.

3.

Simile

a)

giving an animal or object human characteristics.

b)

is when a beginning consonant sound is repeated in a series of words. Alliteration can be seen in poetry, song lyrics, common phrases, and tongue twisters.

c)

is a type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as

4.

Alliterations

a)

is a type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as

b)

is when a beginning consonant sound is repeated in a series of words. Alliteration can be seen in poetry, song lyrics, common phrases, and tongue twisters.

c)

Is an exaggerated statement used to make a point. Like all figurative language, hyperbole is not meant to be taken literally.

5.

metaphor

a)

Is an exaggerated statement used to make a point. Like all figurative language, hyperbole is not meant to be taken literally.

b)

is a type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using words like or as

c)

is the use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning.

6.

Hyperbole

a)

Is an exaggerated statement used to make a point. Like all figurative language, hyperbole is not meant to be taken literally.

b)

giving an animal or object human characteristics.

c)

is the use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning.

7.

Onomatopoeia

a)

is the use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning.

b)

Is an exaggerated statement used to make a point. Like all figurative language, hyperbole is not meant to be taken literally.

c)

is used in descriptive poetry, it helps the reader to create a mental image from the words.

8.

Imagery

a)

Is an exaggerated statement used to make a point. Like all figurative language, hyperbole is not meant to be taken literally.

b)

is the use of words and details that appeal to a reader’s sense such as: sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell, and emotion.

c)

is used in descriptive poetry, it helps the reader to create a mental image from the words.

9.

sensory language

a)

is used in descriptive poetry, it helps the reader to create a mental image from the words.

b)

is the use of words and details that appeal to a reader’s sense such as: sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell, and emotion.

c)

is a type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using words like or as