WorksheetsNWEA Language Usage
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 29mins
The correct term for words and phrases that mean something other than what they say...
(a)
A type of figurative language that uses an extreme exaggeration to make a point...
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities....
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared using “like”, “as”, “than”, or “resembles”...
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
A type of figurative language in which one thing is said to be another thing...
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
A literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated for emphasis...
Refrain
Repetition
Tone
The author’s attitude toward a subject...
Refrain
Repetition
Tone
A repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song...
Refrain
Repetition
Tone
The term for any description that appeals to the senses is called...
(a)
The most direct or literal meaning of a word or a word’s definition is called...
Connotation
Denotation
Everything a word suggests or implies, or the feeling a word gives you is called...
Connotation
Denotation
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (a) " is an example of what?
"The stars in the sky winked," is an example of what?
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
What type of figurative language is a word imitating a sound? (a)
Explain the meaning of the simile below.
The road was as flat as a pancake.
The road was the color of a pancake.
The road had a lot of bumps.
The road was very flat.
The road was in Waco.
Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.
Alfonso is a walking dictionary!
Alfonso knows the meaning of many words.
Alfonso looks like a dictionary.
Alfonso has a dictionary with him.
Alfonso is actually a dictionary.
Explain the meaning of the personification below.
The trees danced in the wind.
The trees were falling down.
The trees were swaying back and forth.
The wind was really loud.
The trees were doing the griddy.
Explain the meaning of the personification below.
It's raining cats and dogs!
Cats and dogs are crying.
Cats and dogs are falling out of the sky.
It's raining a little bit.
The sky is pouring down rain.
Select ALL of the examples of alliteration.
(Hint: First SOUNDS repeat)
The phone pinged.
Kingston ate cookies, cupcakes, kiwis, and candy.
Jazlyn jumped!
The chef chopped carrots.
Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.
The car seat is a fluffy cloud.
The car seat is very comfortable to sit in.
The car seat feels hard.
The car seat is for a baby.
The car seat is on a cloud.
A hyperbole is
repeating the beginning sound in words
giving human qualities to animals or objects
an exaggeration
a word that imitates the sound that it represents
Onomatopoeia is
a word that sounds like what it describes.
a comparison where on thing is said to be another
an exaggeration
giving human qualities to animals or objects
Repeating the beginning sound in words is (a)
A comparison using the words like or as (a)
My homework pile is a mile high. (a)
Red Rover, Red Rover send Robin right over. (a)
I heard the screech of the tires, and then I smelled the burning rubber.
The underlined word in the sentence is an example of
alliteration
hyperbole
metaphore
onomatopoeia
A comparison where one thing is said to be another is (a)
My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings. (a)
Giving human qualities to animals or objects is (a)
Before I learned to keep score I didn't understand bowling.
Before I learned, to keep score I didn't understand bowling.
Before I learned to keep score, I didn't understand bowling.
Before, I learned to keep score I didn't understand bowling.
Before I, learned to keep score, I didn't understand bowling.
Rearrange it: I want to take a nap since I didn't sleep much last night.
Last night, since I didn't sleep much, I want to take a nap.
Since I did sleep much, I want to take a nap last night.
Since I didn't sleep much last night, I want to take a nap.
Since I want, to take a nap I didn't sleep much last night.
We ordered chips salsa fajitas and queso dip.
We ordered chips, salsa fajitas and queso dip.
We ordered chips, salsa, fajitas, and, queso, dip.
We ordered, chips salsa fajitas and queso dip.
We ordered chips, salsa, fajitas, and queso dip.
Maci Josie Avery and Jade went swimming today.
Maci Josie Avery and Jade went, swimming today.
Maci, Josie, Avery, and, Jade, went swimming today.
Maci, Josie, Avery, and Jade went swimming today.
Maci Josie Avery and, Jade went swimming today.
Rearrange it: We bought an umbrella today because our old one was broken in the storm last week.
Because our old one was broken in the storm last week, we bought an umbrella today.
Because we bought an umbrella today, our old one was broken in the storm last week.
Because our old one, in the storm last week was broken we bought an umbrella today.
Today because our umbrella was broken in the storm last week, we bought one.
Bring your pencil clipboard worksheet and chromebook to the back table.
Bring your pencil clipboard worksheet and chromebook to the back table.
Bring your pencil clipboard worksheet and chromebook to the back table.
Bring your pencil, clipboard, worksheet, and chromebook to the back table.
Bring your pencil clipboard worksheet and chromebook to the back table.
We wanted to go shopping eat at Walk-On's and stop at Cold Stone Creamery for dessert.
We wanted to go shopping, eat at Walk-On's, and stop at Cold Stone Creamery for dessert.
We wanted to go, shopping eat, at Walk-On's and, stop at Cold Stone Creamery for, dessert.
We wanted to go shopping, eat, at Walk-On's, and stop, at Cold Stone Creamery, for dessert.
We wanted to go shopping eat at Walk-On's and stop at Cold Stone Creamery for dessert.
Rearrange it: Our soccer team won two games last week because we practiced more than the other teams.
Because the other teams practiced more, our soccer team won two games last week.
More than the other teams, our soccer team won two games last week because we practiced.
Because our soccer team won two games last week, we practiced more than the other teams.
Because we practiced more than the other teams, our soccer team won two games last week.
Rearrange it: We will be late for the concert if the rain is heavy.
If the rain is heavy we will be late for the concert.
If the rain is heavy, we will be late for the concert.
If we will be late, the rain is heavy for the concert.
If we will be, the rain is heavy for the late concert.
They served chips cookies and drinks at the party.
They served chips cookies and drinks at the party.
They served chips, cookies, and drinks at the party.
They served chips cookies and, drinks at the party.
They served, chips, cookies, and, drinks, at the party.
