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Figurative

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Her smile was as sweet as sunshine on a rainy day.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Similie

c)

Personification

2.

The dry leaves gathered in groups, chattering happily.

a)

Personification

b)

Mataphor

c)

Alliteration

3.

Your smile is sunshine to me.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Mataphor

4.

“I wandered lonely as a cloud . . .” (William Wordsworth)

a)

Similie

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

5.
A simile.....
a)
tells what a person likes
b)
compares two unlike things using the words like or as
c)
compares two similar things 
d)
tells what a person is doing
6.

The train pulled itself up the mountain and screamed once it reached the top.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

7.

The herd of approaching elephants sounded like rolling thunder

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

8.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A comparison that does not use like, yet, as, or so

b)

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

c)

A comparison that does not use like or as

d)

words that sound like their meaning

9.

The assignment was a breeze.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Allusion

10.

Which is an example of personification?

a)

The crystal vase was expensive.

b)
Powerful pandas punch parrots.
c)

The plant called for rain.

d)

I like to eat pie.

11.

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

12.

Compares 2 unlike things using like or as

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

13.

Standing tall and frozen like statues in a vacant courtyard

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

14.

Which idiom matches the picture?

a)

It's a game of cat and mouse.

b)

Treat others the way you want to be treated.

c)

The cat has his tongue.

d)

It's better late than never.

15.

Check all responses that ARE similes.

a)

Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

b)

Julia's eyes sparkled like diamonds.

c)

I like to eat steak and potatoes.

d)

He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.

e)

He is as fast as a cheetah.

16.

Why do writers/authors use figurative language?

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