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figurative language grade 6

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Simile or Metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
2.
Simile or Metaphor?
The band played as loud as a sonic boom.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
eardrums
3.
Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
4.
After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hot chocolate
5.
When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
6.
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
7.
Her temper tantrum was a tornado passing through the Midwest.
a)
Simile 
b)
Metaphor
c)
Idiom
8.
The classroom was a zoo.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Idiom
9.
Simile or Metaphor?
He is a night owl because he stays up late.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
10.
The bruise on George’s foot felt as big as an elephant. 
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
11.
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. 
a)
repetition
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
12.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!

a)

repetition

b)

rhyme

c)

alliteration

13.

I see the cat. I see the dog. I see the dragon. What do you see?

a)

rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

alliteration

14.

She was as wise as an owl.

a)

metaphor

b)

rhyme

c)

meter

d)

simile

15.
Dunkin' Donuts is an example of...
a)
repetition
b)
alliteration
c)
symbolism
d)
metaphor