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WorksheetsLiterary Terms Week 1
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 32mins
A (a) is a comparison between two unlike things using the words (b) or (c) .
The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
The west wind dances down the road.
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.
Alliteration
Onomatopeia
Simile
Personification
“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopeia
Alliteration
The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Oxymoron
The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Oxymoron
The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice.
Oxymoron
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Oxymoron
A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.
idiom
simile
personification
metaphor
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
hyperbole
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
pun
alliteration
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
pun
alliteration
Which of the following is not an example of Onomatopoeia?
Bang
Pow
Click
Poke
A big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back is an example of:
Repetition
Alliteration
Littering
Hyperbole
Identify the following sentence that contains PERSONIFICATION.
The book fell out of my hands.
I dropped the book as I was walking.
The book jumped out of my hands.
I lost my balance, and the books plunged to the floor.
