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WorksheetsFigurative Language Review
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 3hrs 51mins
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of the words.
alliteration
onomatopoeia
idiom
simile
Pick a sentence that contains an Alliteration?
Kim's kid kept kicking at the air.
Plastic bags rip easily.
Kayla is my best friend.
Mrs. Flay is a super teacher!
Which of these is a simile?
He went after the ball like a tiger pouncing on prey.
He was fast and pounced on the ball.
Which of these is a simile?
He's incredibly strong.
He's as strong as an ox.
He's a strong ox.
Which of the following is a metaphor?
She woke up with really bad bed-head.
Her hair was messy.
Her hair was a cheerful scribble when she woke up in the morning.
Which one is a metaphor?
The child squawked loudly in the dark.
The child squawked like a crow.
The child was a crow squawking in the dark.
Which one is personification?
The sun kissed our skin.
The leaves were bright green.
My dog slept on his back.
Which of these is an example of personification?
The lightning struck a building.
The lightning was bright.
The lightning danced across the sky.
Which one is NOT an example of alliteration? (Just for fun, try saying each one 5 times fast. Can you do it?)
Black bug's blood
Rubber baby buggy bumpers
Toy boat
Which of these is an example of onomatopoeia?
pot
fire
boom
Which is an example of hyperbole?
I walked 2 miles.
I jumped higher than the moon.
I swam 20 laps.
What does the idiom "it's a piece of cake" mean?
(Look it up if you've never heard it before.)
It's hard.
It's easy.
Eat cake.
words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing, i.e. "boom" or "splash"
personification
onomatopoeia
idiom
metaphor
a reference to a well-known person, event, or work of art that's used to help readers understand a piece of writing
juxtaposition
allusion
idiom
irony
describes using 5 senses; helps you see it in your mind
juxtaposition
simile
idiom
imagery
uses words or phrases that do not have everyday, literal meanings
literal language
figurative language
assonance
allusion
means exactly what it says
literal language
figurative language
irony
metaphor
an expression that means something totally different than the the literal interpretation of its words would suggest
literal language
idiom
assonance
onomatopoeia
giving human qualities to nonhuman things
personification
imagery
hyperbole
irony
an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true
juxtaposition
idiom
hyperbole
allusion
the use of language to mean something different or opposite from the literal meaning, often used to create humor
hyperbole
irony
allusion
simile
My father is a bear in the morning.
Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue..
The tree bark was rough against her skin.
The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
His new car was as fast as my dad's truck.
hyperbole
not hyperbole
I was so hungry I could eat a horse.
hyperbole
not hyperbole
Hyperboles are phrases that
compare two unlike things
exaggerate
give person-like qualities to animals and things
have a different meaning than the words.
What type of figurative language is the following sentence?
The dancer's hands fluttered like wings.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
The following sentence is exaggerating:
Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.
So, what type of figurative language is it?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
The following sentences gives the flame human qualities:
The candle flame danced in the dark.
So, what type of the figurative language being used?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
"You are as cuddly as a cactus; you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch."
"I have loved you for a thousand years. . . And I'll love you for a thousand more."
"You are as cuddly as a cactus; you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch."
"I'll be your gold; I'll be your silver; I'll be your platinum."
"I'll be your gold; I'll be your silver; I'll be your platinum."
"Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street."
"Let your heart decide."
"Life is a highway. I'm gonna' ride it all night long."
"We'll keep dancing 'til we die."
"Cause I'd get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs, as they tried to teach me how to dance."
Choose the idiom below that essentially has the same meaning as, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree"?
He is a chip off the old block.
She cannot see the forest for the trees.
It takes one to know one.
You reap what you sow.
The device, "As Megan walked towards a lamppost in the snowy park, she fancied herself as Lucy, eager to talk to Mr. Tumnus." is an example of...
Metaphor
Idiom
Allusion
Alliteration
"Alex surveyed the piles of rubbish and decay and muttered, 'Just lovely...absolutely beautiful'"
This is an example of what 2 devices?
pun
sarcasm
juxtaposition
metaphor
hyperbole
"The shirt was about two million times too big for me." is an example of what device?
Hyperbole
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
"A bicycle cannot stand on its own because it is two-tired" is an example of:
a pun
imagery
a proverb
an allusion
"The apple does not fall far from the tree" and "A chip off the old block" are both examples of...
Personification
Metaphors
Alliteration
Idioms
"Over the cobblestones he clattered and clashed..." is an example of what two types of figurative language?
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Alliteration
