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Figurative Langugae

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?

The grasshopper scolded James for being scared.

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

personification

2.

What type of figurative language repeats the same sound in multiple words in a line? Silly Sam sat on a slippery seal.

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

idiom

d)

onomatopoeia

3.

Which figurative language uses “like” or “as” to compare two unlike things?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

repetition

d)

hyperbole

4.

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

buzz

b)

pop

c)

drip

d)

book

5.

The word “woeful” in this saying is an 

example of? 

“Oh, woeful, oh woeful, woeful, woeful day!

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

repetition

d)

hyperbole

6.

A type of figurative language that uses exaggeration to 

         make a point. "This backpack weighs a ton!"

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

7.

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.

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

idiom

8.

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...

a)

metaphor

b)

proverb

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

9.

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence:

“The tree shook its branches angrily.”

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

repetition

d)

simile

10.

“Homework is a breeze,” is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

repetition

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

11.

“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers…” is an 

          example of what?

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

repetition

d)

alliteration

12.

 I got to the sale too late and they were sold out. “Oh well,  

         early bird catches the worm,” is an example of:

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

simile

13.

 “I like pancakes so much I could eat a million of them.”  What 

        type of figurative language is used in this sentence? 

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

14.

"She is as cute as a button."

Is an example of what kind of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

15.

Boing! Boing! Squeak!

Boing! Boing! Squeak!

A bouncing mouse is in my house.

This is an example of what kind of figurative language?

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

idiom

d)

simile