WorksheetsFigurative Language and Structure
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 23mins
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
A comparison that does not use like or as
Which is an example of a simile?
The boy is a cheetah when he runs.
The boy runs as fast as a cheetah.
Which is an example of a metaphor?
My mouth was as dry as the desert.
My mouth was a desert.
What is a metaphor?
a comparison using like or as
a comparison that uses is, was, are
Giving human characteristics to objects or animals is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Describe the Figurative Language: The west wind dances down the road.
Simile
Personification
Describe the Figurative Language: The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.
Personification
Oxymoron
What is a word that sound like sounds?
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Describe the Fugurative Language: “Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.
Onomatopeia
Alliteration
Wahat is an extreme exaggeration used for effect?
Describe the Figurative Language: When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.
Hyperbole
Simile
Describe the Figurative Language: Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.
Alliteration
Personification
What type of figurative language is the repeating of the same letter or sound, especially consonant sounds?
Alliteration
Oxymoron
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house
Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The warm juicy burger was like heaven on my tongue.
A (a) is a paragraph in poetry.
How you feel about a poem is the (a)
Match the following RHYME Words
die
fly
place
face
lunch
inch
clark
shark
good
stood
