WorksheetsFigurative Langugae
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?
The grasshopper scolded James for being scared.
alliteration
onomatopoeia
simile
personification
What type of figurative language repeats the same sound in multiple words in a line? Silly Sam sat on a slippery seal.
metaphor
alliteration
idiom
onomatopoeia
Which figurative language uses “like” or “as” to compare two unlike things?
simile
metaphor
repetition
hyperbole
Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
buzz
pop
drip
book
The word “woeful” in this saying is an
example of?
“Oh, woeful, oh woeful, woeful, woeful day!
alliteration
simile
repetition
hyperbole
A type of figurative language that uses exaggeration to
make a point. "This backpack weighs a ton!"
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things that have something in common but do not use "like or as". My dad is a bear.
metaphor
alliteration
simile
idiom
A group of words that cannot by understood merely by knowing the individual meaning of each word. It is raining cats and dogs outside is an example of...
metaphor
proverb
hyperbole
idiom
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence:
“The tree shook its branches angrily.”
metaphor
personification
repetition
simile
“Homework is a breeze,” is an example of which type of figurative language?
metaphor
repetition
alliteration
hyperbole
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers…” is an
example of what?
hyperbole
idiom
repetition
alliteration
I got to the sale too late and they were sold out. “Oh well,
early bird catches the worm,” is an example of:
alliteration
metaphor
idiom
simile
“I like pancakes so much I could eat a million of them.” What
type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
hyperbole
alliteration
onomatopoeia
personification
"She is as cute as a button."
Is an example of what kind of figurative language?
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
Boing! Boing! Squeak!
Boing! Boing! Squeak!
A bouncing mouse is in my house.
This is an example of what kind of figurative language?
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
idiom
simile
