WorksheetsFigurative Language
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 23mins
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1.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town.
2.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
3.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
4.
What is the definition of hyperbole?
a)
When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
b)
When words sound like what they mean.
c)
An extreme exaggeration
d)
A comparison
5.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.
6.
"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
7.
What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
8.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
9.
"The water well is as dry as a bone."
is an example of a(n)...
is an example of a(n)...
a)
Alliteration
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
10.
"He was as cool as a cucumber." is an example of a(n)
a)
Simile
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
None of the above
11.
"The stars will cry."
The kind of figurative language used here is _______
The kind of figurative language used here is _______
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
12.
"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______
a)
simile and personification
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
13.
Fall Fridays feel fantastic.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
14.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of:
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
15.
BAM! The door shut behind me.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
idiom
16.
An extreme exaggeration used for effect
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
17.
Match the definition with the term:
comparing two unlike things by using the words "like" or "as"
comparing two unlike things by using the words "like" or "as"
a)
idiom
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
18.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.
Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
19.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
20.
What type of figurative language is shown?
She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake.
She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake.
a)
hyperbole
b)
oxymoron
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
21.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.
Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
22.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
23.
What type of figurative language is shown?
I have told you a million times not to do that!
I have told you a million times not to do that!
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
oxymoron
24.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.
The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
25.
A comparison using like or as is which type of figurative language?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Assonance
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Simile
26.
A word whose sounds suggests its meaning is which type of figurative language?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
27.
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?
a)
Personification
b)
Imagery
c)
Assonance
d)
Alliteration
28.
"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
29.
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words is which type of figurative language?
a)
Assonance
b)
Personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
30.
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true is which type of figurative language?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification
31.
A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as is which type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
32.
Common animal sounds such as moo, meow, and ribbit are examples of which kind of figurative language?
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
33.
"Johnny is a real Romeo when it comes to the ladies" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Allusion
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personifiction
34.
"The gentle giant jumped in jubilation" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Imagery
35.
What kind of figurative language is being used?
Pasqually cried like a baby after he ate too much pasta.
Pasqually cried like a baby after he ate too much pasta.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
imagery
36.
What kind of figurative language is being used?
Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's.
Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
imagery
37.
What kind of figurative language is being used?
The rooster smiled and winked at me.
The rooster smiled and winked at me.
a)
simile
b)
imagery
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
38.
What kind of figurative language is being used?
The bus hit a tree and went boom as it exploded.
The bus hit a tree and went boom as it exploded.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
imagery
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
39.
What kind of figurative language is being used?
Avery was so mad his head blew up.
Avery was so mad his head blew up.
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
40.
What kind of figurative language is being used?
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
idiom
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