WorksheetsFigurative Language Review (7th)
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 28mins
What is the definition of a SIMILE?
Comparing 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'
The same sound at the beginning of words close together
Comparing 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
What is the definition of a METAPHOR?
An extreme exaggeration
Comparing 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'
Comparing 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
The same sound at the beginning of words close together
What is the definition of an ALLITERATION?
The same sound at the beginning of words close together
An extreme exaggeration
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
Comparing 2 things using 'like' or 'as'
What is a PERSONIFICATION?
The same sound at the beginning or words close together
Comparing 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'
An extreme exaggeration
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
What is a HYPERBOLE?
An extreme exaggeration
Comparing 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
Comparing 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'
The same sound at the beginning of words close together
“And I’m gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket”
Simile
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Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
“So happy I could die / Yeah I’ll love you forever”
Simile
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Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
“Whispered words of wisdom / Let it be”
Simile
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag / drifting through the wind”
Simile
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
“Here comes the sun”
Simile
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
“With the force of a great Typhoon / Be a man”
Simile
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
“Sweet subtle songs”
Simile
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
“Like a rock, I was as strong as I can be”
Simile
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
“I’m the sunshine in your hair / I’m the shadow on the ground”
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Alliteration
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“And so today / my world it smiles”
Simile
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
"Killing me softly / with his song”
Simile
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
“Every rose has its thorn”
Simile
Metaphor
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
“Cry me a river”
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
The wind howled like a ghost.
Personification & Simile
Personification & Metaphor
Simile & Hyperbole
Alliteration & Hyperbole
Personification & Hyperbole
Peter’s room was pretty much a pigsty with all of his piles of pants.
Personification & Alliteration
Alliteration & Simile
Alliteration & Metaphor
Hyperbole & Simile
Personification & Metaphor
Live like you are dying.
Personification & Simile
Metaphor & Simile
Hyperbole & Simile
Hyperbole & Metaphor
What does this hyperbole mean?
"I could show you incredible things"
This person is comparing her possessions to her friend's possessions.
This person is trying to exaggerate that she has a lot to offer.
This person is trying to make you jealous of her incredible things.
This person is trying to help you feel the emotion behind her words.
This person is trying to show you that they are better than you.
What does this simile mean?
"You look like my next mistake"
They are saying that you are their true love.
They are trying to help you imagine what the person looks like.
They are trying to compare their life to yours.
They are saying that this relationship is going to fail.
They are saying that they are making good choices.
What does this simile mean?
"I can read you like a magazine"
You have a lot of colorful pictures and ads on your clothing.
You are always carrying a magazine around.
You are nice to look at.
Your feeling are obvious.
You have a black and white outfit on.
What does this personification mean?
"Rumors fly"
Rumors have wings like a bird.
Rumors are spreading quickly.
Rumors are going on an airplane trip.
Rumors are lies people tell each other.
Rumors soar in the air.
What does this hyperbole mean?
"I'm dying to see how this one ends"
The person if excited to see the outcome.
The person is on their deathbed.
The person will die if things does go their way.
The person wants things to go a certain way.
The person is living their best life.
Identify the Metaphor.
There are a million people in the hallway right now.
He was an animal during the game that day.
She looked at him like a deer in the headlights.
English excited Ester and she enthusiastically entered class.
I was so tired my bed was calling my name.
Identify the hyperbole.
There are a million people in the hallway right now.
He was an animal during the game that day.
She looked at him like a deer in the headlights.
English excited Ester and she enthusiastically entered class.
I was so tired my bed was calling my name.
Identify the alliteration.
There are a million people in the hallway right now.
He was an animal during the game that day.
She looking at him like a deer in the headlights.
English excited Ester and she enthusiastically entered class.
I was so tired my bed was calling my name.
Identify the simile.
There are a million people in the hallways right now.
He was an animal during the game that day.
She looked at him like a deer in the headlights.
English excited Ester and she enthusiastically entered class.
I was so tired my bed was calling my name.
Identify the personification.
There are a million people in the hallway right now.
He was an animal during the game that day.
She looked at him like a deer in the headlights.
English excited Esther and she enthusiastically entered class.
I was so tired my bed was calling my name.
Running a marathon is as easy as pie.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
The stream whispered a welcoming song.
Simile
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
You are the thunder, and I am the lightening.
Simile
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Alliteration
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She sells seashells by the sea shore.
Simile
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Alliteration
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His shower-singing woke up the entire neighborhood.
Simile
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
Write an example of a simile!
Write an example of a metaphor!
Write an example of a personification!
Write an example of an alliteration!
Write an example of a hyperbole!
