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Language Features and Poetic Devices

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A comparison of two things using 'like' or 'as' is the definition of which language feature?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

2.

"The sand was as hot as the sun" is an example of what language feature?

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

3.

BANG is an example of what language feature?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

4.

"Catherine's voice is music to my ears" is an example of what language feature?

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

5.

"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of what language feature?

a)

Personification

b)

Idiom

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

6.

"The coffee, bitter and cold, was not enjoyable" is an example of what language feature?

a)

Imagery

b)

Metaphor

c)

Symbolism

d)

Simile

7.

"Suddenly they tripped... SPLAT! Right on their face" is an example of what language feature?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Symbolism

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Imagery

8.

"A light. I saw it - a light. Faint in the distance, but definitely a light" is an example of what language feature?

a)

Symbolism

b)

Repetition

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

9.

"Sally started searching the strange scenery for a sign" is an example of what language feature?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Repetition

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

10.

"The Wind howled through the trees" is an example of what language feature?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

11.

The use of symbols (visuals or particular words) to represent ideas or qualities is the definition of which language feature?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Symbolism

c)

Simile

d)

Repetition

12.

The use of words to represent and link to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) is the definition of which language feature?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Imagery

c)

Symbolism

d)

Alliteration

13.

Words that sound like what they are is the definition of which language feature?

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Repeition

14.

A form of extreme exaggeration is the definition of which language feature?

a)

Repetition

b)

Metaphor

c)

Symbolism

d)

Hyperbole

15.

Giving human actions and emotions to inanimate objects is a definition of which language feature?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Simile