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Figurative Language Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the type of figurative language that uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two unlike things?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

2.

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

The wind whispered through the trees.

b)

The clock went tick-tock.

c)

She is as brave as a lion.

d)

Life is a rollercoaster.

3.

Identify the figurative language used in the phrase: "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky."

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

4.

What is the term for an expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up?

a)

Idiom

b)

Analogy

c)

Symbolism

d)

Alliteration

5.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

a)

Her smile is like sunshine.

b)

Time is a thief.

c)

He is as strong as an ox.

d)

The thunder roared angrily.

6.

CHALLENGE QUESTION: What is the term for a figure of speech that links two opposite or contradictory words?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

7.

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

a)

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

b)

The leaves danced in the wind.

c)

He is a shining star.

d)

The car zoomed past.

8.

What is the term for a type of figurative language in which a writer uses an extreme exaggeration?

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

9.

Which of the following is an example of symbolism?

a)

A dove representing peace

b)

As busy as a bee

c)

The world is a stage

d)

The sun smiled down on us

10.

The fog was a blanket covering the road.

a)

It was a clear, sunny day.

b)

The fog was thick.

c)

The fog was comfortable and cozy.

11.

Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.

a)

Delaney is yellow.

b)

Delaney is standing on the roof.

c)

Delaney is important to me.

12.

What is the term for giving human characteristics to non-human things?

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Metaphor

13.

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

a)

He is a shining star.

b)

Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.

c)

The wind whispered through the trees.

d)

The thunder roared angrily.

14.

Identify the figurative language used in the phrase: "The world is a stage."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

15.

I heard the screech of the tires, and then I smelled the burning rubber.

The underlined word in the sentence is an example of

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphore

d)

onomatopoeia

16.

"My flower was begging me for water."

What does this figurative language mean?

a)

Personification

b)

The flower was dried out and needed to be watered.

c)

The flower asked to be watered.

d)

The plant had plenty of water.

17.
Occurs when one thing stands for or represents something else.
a)
Allusion
b)
symbolism
c)
mood
d)
imagery
18.

Choose the best word to create alliteration in this sentence:

Sam said ______ sounds so scary.

a)

Yelling

b)

Screaming

c)

Crying

d)

Arguing

19.

What do you call a group of lines in a poem?

a)

stanza

b)

denotation

c)

speaker

d)

couplet

20.

Who is the "narrator" of a poem?

a)

speaker

b)

line

c)

verse

d)

enjambment