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WorksheetsFigurative Language Test
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A comparison of two things when the writer says that something is actually something else.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
2.
A huge exaggeration
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
3.
A comparison of two thing using the words “like” or “as”
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
4.
Giving an object that is not human some personal or human characteristics
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
5.
Words that say the sound they make (buzz, hiss)
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
6.
When several words begin with the same sound.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
7.
A figure of speech whose meaning differs from the literal meaning of its words (Zip your lip).
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
8.
The new sweater was as soft as a lamb.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
9.
Paula planted the petunias in the pot.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
10.
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
11.
Silence your cellphone so that it does not beep during the movie.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
12.
I will die if he asks me to dance.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
13.
The timer told me my food was cooked.
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
14.
The stars sparkled like diamonds in the summer night sky.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
15.
I read over a thousand books this summer!
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
16.
That car cost an arm and a leg!
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
simile
17.
The flames ate at the burning houses.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
simile
18.
"Under the weather" meaning: someone is sick.
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
19.
Life is a journey.
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
20.
While working, write your wackiest words down.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
21.
Corey shoots the ball and....BAM. It bricks off the backboard.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
22.
The papers jumped from Miss Clanton's desk when she opened the window.
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
23.
Rose was a swan as she jumped into the pool.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
24.
Myra is as sharp as a tack.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
25.
The moon waved goodbye as the sun woke up.
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
26.
The broken sink dripped and dropped all night.
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
27.
"The stars will cry."
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
28.
Danny's room is a pig-sty.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
29.
"There was a Young Lady whose nose, Was so long that it reached to her toes;"
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
alliteration
30.
The crazy car is colorful.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
personification
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