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Figurative Languange

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a simile?

a)

A comparison using like or as

b)

An exaggeration

c)

Something funny

d)

A phrase that doesn't make sense

2.

What is an example of a Metaphor?

a)

The pipe busted open.

b)

I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.

c)

I like school.

d)

This classroom is a zoo.

3.

What is an example of a simile?

a)

She is cute.

b)

What did you do today?

c)

She was as sweet as pie.

d)

Andy was a pig at dinner.

4.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A comparison not using like or as.

b)

An exaggeration

c)

A comparison using like or as.

d)

A simple sentence

5.

What is this simile comparing?

"Her hair was like a birds nest"

a)

The girl and a bird

b)

Flying

c)

The girls hair and a birds nest

d)

Nest building skills

6.

What does this metaphor mean?

Julia is a chicken.

a)

Julia is scared

b)

Julia walks like a chicken

c)

Julia clucks like a chicken

d)

Julia plays with everyone

7.

What does this simile mean?

She swam like a fish

a)

She swam slow

b)

She swam very fast

c)

She can't swim

d)

She doesn't like water

8.

The dragon was as big as a house.

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

9.

Get off her high horse

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

Idiom

10.

Ms. Morris makes marvelous muffins

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Personification

d)

Idiom

11.

I'm sorry I was late for school, but it wasn't my fault. First, my alarm didn't go off in time and then it took my mom about a million years to make my breakfast. Then, I spilled syrup on my shirt and had to change it. Then, I couldn't I find my homework.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole

12.

Keith is a shining star

a)

Metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

personification

d)

simile

13.

Dying of Laughter

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

14.

The trees danced in the window.

a)

Personification

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

15.

Time is money

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

16.

The sun happily greeted everyone "good morning."

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

17.

Life is A dream is a ...

(a)  

18.

Pyro's eyes were as green as a spring meadow.

a)

idiom

b)

metaphor

c)

smile

d)

smilie

19.

Explain the meaning of the simile below.

The road was as flat as a pancake.

a)

The road was the color of a pancake.

b)

The road had a lot of bumps.

c)

The road was very flat.

d)

The road was in Waco.

20.

Explain the meaning of the personification below.

The trees danced in the wind.

a)

The trees were falling down.

b)

The trees were swaying back and forth.

c)

The wind was really loud.

d)

The trees were doing the griddy.

21.

Select ALL of the examples of onomatopoeia below.

(There is more than one correct answer.)

a)

The leaves crunched under Aliyah's feet as she walked through the woods.

b)

Aiden's teeth chattered as he stood in the snow.

c)

Talya ran to school.

d)

Esau stood on a rock.

22.

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?

a)

Similie

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

Metaphor

23.

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

buzz

b)

meow

c)

book

d)

splat

24.

Which is NOT an example of a simile?

a)

Her heart is like gold.

b)

He is as busy as a bee.

c)

Life is a rollercoaster.

d)

She is larger than life.

25.

When words sound like their meaning they are using...

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Analogy

d)

Oxymoron

26.

Which figurative language is an exaggeration that is so dramatic, no one could believe it?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Analogy

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Oxymoron

27.

The water made a sound like kittens lapping.

(a)  

28.

People moved slowly then, There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy, and no money to buy it with.

(a)  

29.

My knees were jelly.

(a)  

30.

The clouds were as soft as cotton.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

31.

Define Onomatopoeia

a)

a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"

b)

the repetition of beginning letters or sounds

c)

an extreme exaggeration

d)

sounds in word form

32.

A hyperbole is best described as

a)

the repetition of beginning sounds or letters

b)

a word that describes a noun

c)

an extreme exaggeration

d)

sound in word form

33.

a direct comparision between two unlike things

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

imagery

d)

alliteration

34.

an exaggeration used to emphasize humor

a)

hyperbole

b)

comedian

c)

clown

d)

metaphor

35.

language that gives human qualities to nonhuman things

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

toys