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Figurative Language

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A metaphor...

a)

Compares 2 things using "like" or "as"

b)

Compares 2 things without using "like" or "as"

c)

Giving human characteristics to something non-human.

d)

Is word play or a joke

2.

Personification is...

a)

Giving human characteristics to something non-human

b)

Saying the opposite of what you mean

c)

Exaggerating what you're saying

d)

Using word play as a joke

3.

Imagery is...

a)

Using the same beginning sound for a string of words

b)

Using the senses to describe something in detail

c)

Extreme exaggerations

d)

Using a thing to represent a feeling or idea

4.

Hyperbole is...

a)

An extreme exaggeration

b)

Giving human characteristics to something non-human

c)

Saying the opposite of what you mean

d)

Using words that all have the same starting sound

5.

An Idiom is...

a)

a phrase that creates it's own meaning

b)

A group of words that all start with the same sound

c)

A word that sounds like what it represents

d)

An extreme exaggeration

6.

An onomatopoeia is...

a)

A word that creates a sound

b)

A phrase that creates it's own meaning

c)

A play on words to create a joke

d)

Saying the opposite of what you mean

7.

A Pun is...

a)

Saying the opposite of what you mean

b)

A play on words to create a joke

c)

A word that creates a sound

d)

A phrase that creates it's own meaning

8.

Which type of figurative language is this:

The mom was a real bear when she didn't get her coffee in the morning.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Similie

c)

Pun

d)

Personification

9.

Which type of figurative language is this:

I'm going to call it a night.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Idiom

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

10.

This refers to the repetition of the same sound of a letter at the beginning of a group of words.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Personification

11.

Which sound device refers to the repitition of vowel sounds?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Idiom

c)

Assonance

d)

Hyperbole

12.

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

a)

a) Vanessa’s vaccine defends her vulnerable body from the virus

b)

b) Lucy jumps at least a hundred feet in the air

c)

c) Joseph’s vaccine lowers his chances of getting the virus

13.

What is a Simile?

a)

It is a direct comparison between two things that does not use like or as.

b)

It is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common using the word “like” or “as”.

c)

A camparison

d)

A comparison of the same things.

14.

The sentences below are examples of Simile, EXCEPT.

a)

You are the apple of my eye.

b)

You are as sweet as sugar.

c)

Rhea is like a butterfly.

d)

Rey's t-shirt is as bright as gold.

15.

Johnny went here, there and everywhere

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

onomatopoeia

16.

An Oxymoron is...

a)

the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

b)

a self-contradicting word or group of words

c)

the repetition of the sound of a vowel

d)

emphasize a non-human's characteristics by describing them with human attributes.

17.

Which is an example of an Oxymoron?

a)

The sun is smiling

b)

Jumbo Shrimp

c)

Krispy Kreme

d)

I am so tired I can sleep for a year.

18.
The trees dressed up in red and gold to celebrate the start of autumn.
a)
Personification 
b)
 NOT Personification 
19.

What is a symbol?

a)

Something that stands for or suggests something else.

b)

Something that represents the literal meaning of an object.

c)

The central meaning of the text.

d)

The characters in a story.

20.

In a story, what could a storm symbolize?

a)

love

b)

happiness

c)

danger

d)

luck

21.

I was so hungry I could eat a horse.

a)

hyperbole

b)

not hyperbole

22.
How does imagery help us understand the story?
a)
It doesn't
b)
By expressing how the author is feeling
c)
Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
d)
By telling the mood
23.

What word is the Onomatopoeia in this sentence?

The bottle popped open.

a)

bottle

b)

popped

c)

open

24.

Which one of these is considered a pun?

a)

It was like taking candy from a baby

b)

This is a piece of cake

c)

Kings worry about receding heir line

25.

Is this a pun?

a)

True

b)

False