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WorksheetsFigurative Language + Friends
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
She runs like the wind.
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
idiom
Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
Jonathan was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
personification
Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
The moon smiled at the sun and went home.
alliteration
imagery
hyperbole
personification
Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
Can you give me a hand with this mess?
simile
metaphor
idiom
hyperbole
compares two different things using "like" or "as"
alliteration
onomatopoeia
simile
metaphor
giving human characteristics to non-human objects
metaphor
imagery
personification
onomatopoeia
using very descriptive language
imagery
idiom
metaphor
alliteration
Which word is the preposition?
is
job
feet
in
There are four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and _____.
implorative
imperative
intuitive
infulfilled
an expression where the words used, mean something different than you would find in the dictionary
personification
alliteration
hyperbole
idiom
Which preposition would work the best in the following sentence?
Jonny graduated _ the University of West Virginia in 2004.
through
around
to
from
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.
during
since
in front of
around
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.
Don't steal.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Look both ways before crossing the street.
One good turn deserves another.
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.
Respect your elders.
Look before you leap.
Do not steal.
Do not crush people's dreams.
