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Figurative Language + Friends

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

She runs like the wind.

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

idiom

2.

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

Jonathan was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

3.

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

The moon smiled at the sun and went home.

a)

alliteration

b)

imagery

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

4.

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

Can you give me a hand with this mess?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole

5.

compares two different things using "like" or "as"

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

6.

giving human characteristics to non-human objects

a)

metaphor

b)

imagery

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

7.

using very descriptive language

a)

imagery

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

8.

Which word is the preposition?

a)

is

b)

job

c)

feet

d)

in

9.

There are four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and _____.

a)

implorative

b)

imperative

c)

intuitive

d)

infulfilled

10.

an expression where the words used, mean something different than you would find in the dictionary

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

11.

Which preposition would work the best in the following sentence?

Jonny graduated _ the University of West Virginia in 2004.

a)

through

b)

around

c)

to

d)

from

12.

Which preposition would work the best in the following sentence?

Josephine was walking across the campus at noon when she met a friend who she had not seen _ summer.

a)

during

b)

since

c)

in front of

d)

around

13.

What is the theme (or moral) of the following statement?

Once a cat was in a hurry. She ran across the street without looking. She narrowly escaped being hit by a car.

a)

Don't steal.

b)

Necessity is the mother of invention.

c)

Look both ways before crossing the street.

d)

One good turn deserves another.

14.

What is the moral (or theme) of the following event?

Once a frog jumped off an embankment into what he assumed was a pond. Unfortunately, it was a not a pond; it was just a ditch. There was a raccoon in the ditch that ate him.

a)

Respect your elders.

b)

Look before you leap.

c)

Do not steal.

d)

Do not crush people's dreams.