WorksheetsFigurative Language Definitions
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
_________ uses words and phrases that appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, & taste
simile
tone
imagery
mood
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
I'm a riddle in nine syllables
The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.
Which word means "the feelings or emotions a poem makes the audience feel"?
Mood
Tone
Alliteration
Rhythm
The truth, message or lesson of a poem is called the _______.
Stanza
Mood
Theme
Rhyme
Which sentence below shows personification?
The air was cold.
The sun is bright yellow.
The cat raced down the hall.
The leaves danced in the wind.
"A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed"
Which poetic element is shown here?
Couplet
Personification
Allusion
Hyperbole
Which line below uses alliteration?
Scarlet as the setting sun
Wisdom lies in a multitude of counsel
How do I love thee?
Fox in socks
Language that cannot be taken literally
Speeches
Monologues
Dialect
Figurative Language
When your parents learn about your new plan to raise money, it's going to sink like the Titanic.
pun
allusion
idiom
metaphor
What is the non-literal (figurative) meaning of this phrase:
My brother was ready to hit the hay.
He was really tired.
He was really hitting the hay.
He was laying on hay.
He was playing in hay.
