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Literary Terms Week 1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ​ (a)   is a comparison between two unlike things using the words ​ (b)   or ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
simile
like
as
metaphor
but
how
hyperbole
has
2.

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

3.

The west wind dances down the road.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

4.

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

5.

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopeia

d)

Alliteration

6.

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Oxymoron

7.

The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Oxymoron

8.

The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

9.

The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

10.

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

11.

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

12.

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

oxymoron

c)

pun

d)

alliteration

13.

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

oxymoron

c)

pun

d)

alliteration

14.

Which of the following is not an example of Onomatopoeia?

a)

Bang

b)

Pow

c)

Click

d)

Poke

15.

A big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back is an example of:

a)

Repetition

b)

Alliteration

c)

Littering

d)

Hyperbole

16.

Identify the following sentence that contains PERSONIFICATION.

a)

The book fell out of my hands.

b)

I dropped the book as I was walking.

c)

The book jumped out of my hands.

d)

I lost my balance, and the books plunged to the floor.