WorksheetsMidterm Figurative Language/Lit Terms
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the definition of simile?
What is a metaphor?
What is personification?
What is hyperbole?
Hyperbole is the attribution of human characteristics to animals.
Hyperbole is a direct comparison between two similar things.
Hyperbole is a figure of speech that involves exaggeration for emphasis.
Hyperbole is a type of metaphor that uses 'like' or 'as'.
What is an oxymoron?
An oxymoron is the use of symbols to represent ideas.
An oxymoron is a type of metaphor that involves exaggeration.
An oxymoron is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses contradictory terms in conjunction.
What is alliteration?
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration is a direct comparison between two unlike things.
Alliteration is a comparison between two different things using 'like' or 'as'.
Alliteration is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things.
descriptive words or phrases that create sensory experiences for the reader. It evokes the five senses.
dialogue
metaphor
symbol
imagery
language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words.
dialogue
diction
figurative language
foreshadowing
a person, place, an activity, or an object that stands for something beyond itself.
imagery
hyperbole
symbol
personification
Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is...
figurative
literal
Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...
figurative
literal
“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
allusion
A quick reference to a person, place, thing, or idea from historic, cultural, political, or literary importance
Apostrophe
Analogy
Anaphora
Allusion
A difference between appearance/expectation and reality.
Imagery
Irony
Idiom
Juxtaposition
A phrase or expression that has a meaning other than the literal meaning; is hard to understand if you are not from the region the idiom is from
Symbolism
Irony
Idiom
Sarcasm
Definition: A play on words.
pun
oxymoron
The wedding was so emotional that even the cake was in tiers.
What figurative language device is used in the example above?
Personification
Metaphor
Pun
Oxymoron
A comparison between two comparable things; more of a direct and literal comparison than a metaphor or simile
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Analogy
