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Figurative Language and Structure

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a simile?

a)

A comparison using like or as

b)

A comparison that does not use like or as

2.

Which is an example of a simile?

a)

The boy is a cheetah when he runs.

b)

The boy runs as fast as a cheetah.

3.

Which is an example of a metaphor?

a)

My mouth was as dry as the desert.

b)

My mouth was a desert.

4.

What is a metaphor?

a)

a comparison using like or as

b)

a comparison that uses is, was, are

5.

Giving human characteristics to objects or animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

6.

Describe the Figurative Language: The west wind dances down the road.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

7.

Describe the Figurative Language: The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.

a)

Personification

b)

Oxymoron

8.

What is a word that sound like sounds?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Onomatopoeia

9.

Describe the Fugurative Language: “Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

a)

Onomatopeia

b)

Alliteration

10.

Wahat is an extreme exaggeration used for effect?

a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
11.

Describe the Figurative Language: When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

12.

Describe the Figurative Language: Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

13.

What type of figurative language is the repeating of the same letter or sound, especially consonant sounds?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Oxymoron

14.
What type of imagery is this?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Taste
15.

Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The warm juicy burger was like heaven on my tongue.

a)
Taste
b)
Touch
c)
Sound
16.
The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb.  Which sense is being described?
a)
Sight
b)
Smell
c)
Hear
17.
Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Taste
18.

A ​ (a)   is a paragraph in poetry.

Choose from the below words
stanza
line
rhyme
19.

How you feel about a poem is the ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
mood
tone
stanza
20.

Match the following RHYME Words

a)

die

1.

fly

b)

place

2.

face

c)

lunch

3.

inch

d)

clark

4.

shark

e)

good

5.

stood