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Figurative Language-3rd grade

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using the words like or as?

a)

metaphore

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

idiom

2.

A word or a phrase which means something different from its literal meaning.

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

3.

A word that sounds like the thing it means.

a)

Alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

metaphore

d)

simile

4.

A figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common.

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole

5.

A figure of speech you use when you want to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.

a)

idiom

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

simile

6.

Where human characteristics, such as thoughts, feelings or actions, are given to something non-human.

a)

idiom

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

simile

7.

Words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence.

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

8.

"She sell sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of?

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

9.

"Break a leg" is an example of?

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

personification

10.

"It was as big as an elephant," is an example of?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole

11.

"He is a night owl," is an example of?

a)

idiom

b)

metaphore

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

12.

"My backpack weighs a ton," is an example of?

a)

metaphore

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

13.

"The sack fell into the water with a splash." is an example of?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

personification

14.

"The stars danced in the sky," is an example of?

a)

idiom

b)

hyberbole

c)

simile

d)

personification

15.

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," is an example of what?

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

16.

"That costs an arm and a leg," is an example of?

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

idiom

17.

"He is as bright as a button." is an example of?

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

18.

"His stomach is a bottomless pit," is an example of?

a)

metaphore

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

19.

"The classroom was a zoo," is an example of?

a)

idiom

b)

metaphore

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

20.

"The wind howled," is an example of?

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole