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WorksheetsFigurative
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 13mins
Her smile was as sweet as sunshine on a rainy day.
Metaphor
Similie
Personification
The dry leaves gathered in groups, chattering happily.
Personification
Mataphor
Alliteration
Your smile is sunshine to me.
Hyperbole
Simile
Mataphor
“I wandered lonely as a cloud . . .” (William Wordsworth)
Similie
Metaphor
Personification
The train pulled itself up the mountain and screamed once it reached the top.
simile
metaphor
personification
The herd of approaching elephants sounded like rolling thunder
simile
metaphor
personification
What is a metaphor?
A comparison that does not use like, yet, as, or so
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
A comparison that does not use like or as
words that sound like their meaning
The assignment was a breeze.
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Allusion
Which is an example of personification?
The crystal vase was expensive.
The plant called for rain.
I like to eat pie.
Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Compares 2 unlike things using like or as
metaphor
onomatopoeia
alliteration
simile
Standing tall and frozen like statues in a vacant courtyard
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Which idiom matches the picture?
It's a game of cat and mouse.
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
The cat has his tongue.
It's better late than never.
Check all responses that ARE similes.
Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.
Julia's eyes sparkled like diamonds.
I like to eat steak and potatoes.
He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.
He is as fast as a cheetah.
Why do writers/authors use figurative language?
