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WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This figurative language compares two things using like or as
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
This type of figurative language describes something inhuman as if it were human, giving it human characteristics (e.g. Sadness seized me in its clutches)
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
This type of figurative language occurs when you exaggerate a great deal (e. g. "I am starving" instead of "I'm feeling a little hungry")
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
This just refers to a saying that is common that means something different from what it literally says, like (I'm pulling your leg). These can be super difficult for people learning English!
Idiom
Imagery
Allusion
Repetition
This type of figurative language occurs when you refer to something outside of the text (like if you reference a mythical creature in your short story)
Idiom
Imagery
Allusion
Repetition
"Love is like a red, red rose" is BEST labeled...
A simile
Imagery
Allusion
A metaphor
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" is an example of...
A simile
A metaphor
An allusion
Imagery
The song lyric, "I would walk 500 miles, And I would walk 500 more, Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles to fall down at your door," is BEST described as an example of...
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
Hyperbole
Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration?
Krispy Kreme
She sells sea shells by the seashore
Purple people eater
English class will help me communicate.
Onomatopoeia is...
a word that sounds like the sound it represents
exaggeration for effect
repetition of consonant sounds at the start of adjacent words
Bananas
Alliteration is...
Giving non human objects human characteristics
Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of adjacent words
Exaggeration for effect
A comparison using like or as
"That's a piece of cake!" is an example of an:
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
Oxymoron
Hyperbole is:
Giving non human objects human traits
Exaggeration for effect
A word that sounds like the sound it represents
A city in Holland
Pick the type of figurative language that BEST fits the sentence:
The shadow of the moon danced on the lake.
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Personification
Pick the type of figurative language that BEST fits the sentence:
The man's beard was a rat's tail, long and mangled.
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
This is when an object represents something else.
simile
metaphor
symbolism
hyperbole
What is the emotional meaning of a word called?
connotation
idiom
personification
alliteration
Sunny is to happy as rainy is to sad. This is an example of what?
imagery
metaphor
connotation
analogy
Which is an example of an oxymoron?
pretty ugly
extreme laughter
out of the blue
leap of faith
What is it called when a reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, artistic, or literary significance is made in another piece of writing?
alliteration
repetition
allusion
illusion
