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Figures of Speech

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The leaves crunched under my boots as I was walking in the woods.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Assonance

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

2.

The owl  (a)   in the tree. (Onomatopoeia)

3.

Write your own example of Personification.

4 lines
4.

Assonance is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllable.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

   The stars  (a)    at me. (Personification)

6.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Assonance

d)

Onomatopoeia

7.

Write your own example of Onomatopoeia.

4 lines
8.

Onomatopoeia is the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Write your own example of a Metaphor.

4 lines
10.

Crazy cats kept coming constantly.

a)

Assonance

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

11.

As   (a)      as an elephant. (Simile)

12.

I kicked the soccer ball so hard it screamed all the way into the goal.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Metaphor

13.

Write your own example of a Simile.

4 lines
14.

Metaphor is when you compare two things using like or as.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

  You are my (a)   . (Metaphor)

16.

Go, grow, and glow groceries are sold by the road. 

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

17.

Personification is when you give a nonhuman thing a human characteristic.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Betty blanched and baked before barbecuing.

a)

Assonance

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor