Worksheetsfigurative language pre test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The comparison of two unlike things using like or as is a:
simile
metaphor
personification
idiom
Giving human characteristics to non-human things is:
simile
metaphor
personification
idiom
What is a metaphor?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison of two unlike things without using, "like, as or than"
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
An extreme exaggeration
Check all responses that ARE similes.
Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.
Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.
I like to eat steak and potatoes.
He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.
He is as fast as a cheetah.
What human characteristic is being given?
What is being personified?
"I hope that there's no monkey business going on down there."
metaphor
idiom
personification
simile
I never agree with Henry about anything. We just don't see eye to eye.
idiom
personification
simile
metaphor
IDIOM ???
as cool as a cucumber
All over the place
Get out of hand
heart in your mouth
IDIOM ???
Cope with
That goes without saying
Leave someone in peace
Give someone the benefit of the doubt
Which statement is true?
Personification is the act of comparing something without like or as.
Personification is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Personification is the act of giving a non living being an human trait.
Personification is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
"The sun was a toddler... refusing to go to bed. It was past eight thirty and still light."
-John Green
Simile
Metaphor
"Shake it like a Polaroid picture."
-Outkast
Simile
Metaphor
personification
"When the moon shines like Ice Road Truckers
I look like a villan 'outta those blockbusters"
--Godzilla, Eminem &Juice WRLD
Simile
Metaphor
The sun was a gleaming pearl.
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
alliteration
Leah looked as pale as a ghost yesterday.
Simile
Metaphor
