WorksheetsFigurative Language Quiz
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 5hrs 45mins
A comparison using "like" or "as"
metaphor
simile
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
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
Outrageous exaggeration made to emphasize a point.
hyperbole
simile
oxymoron
pun
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
pun
alliteration
A common, often-used saying that isn't meant to be taken literally.
pun
idiom
hyperbole
oxymoron
A phrase made up of words containing opposite meanings.
pun
idiom
simile
oxymoron
How does figurative language affect a piece of writing?
Figurative language has no impact on the reader's understanding.
Figurative language adds depth, evokes emotions, and creates vivid imagery in writing.
Figurative language makes writing more confusing.
It makes the writing more fun to read.
What does this idiom mean?
SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG
Wound tightly to the point of suffocation.
Wedged tightly.
What does this idiom mean?
FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK
A simple and easy task.
A very difficult or impossible task.
To avoid pain.
A common occurrence in daily life.
How does the usage of onomatopoeia in this excerpt from "The Outsiders" affect the story?
It wasn't long before he and Steve and Two-Bit were throwing paper wads at each other and clowning around, and finally Steve dropped a hymn book with a bang--- accidentally, of course. Everyone in the place turned around to look at us, and Johnny and I nearly crawled under the pews. And then Two-Bit waved at them. I hadn't been to church since.
The onomatopoeia makes it more interesting to read.
The onomatopoeia makes Two-Bit seem unruly.
The onomatopoeia is irrelevant and does not contribute to the story's tone.
The onomatopoeia adds emphasis to the action and enhances the emotional response of the characters.
Rewrite this simile:
Their relationship was like oil and water, never mixing well.
What does this oxymoron mean?
DEAFENING SILENCE
An intense silence that feels overwhelming.
What does this metaphor mean?
My love for her, a raging fire, never ended.
The metaphor indicates that the speaker is jealous of other people who talk to his lover.
The metaphor implies that the speaker loves her.
What is the speaker trying to say by using this hyperbole?
I spent a couple of weeks there one day.
Create an example of alliteration using any letter from the alphabet.
THREE OR MORE WORDS.
What is being personified in this stanza?
“Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
Time is being personified.
Death is being personified.
Life is being personified.
The carriage is being personified.
BONUS (3 points)
Which line is the best example of a couplet?
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learn’d to dance.
Acres and acres of green grass
wonderful shade trees, rippling brooks
