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Figure of Speech

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
2.
An onomatopoeia is also known as what?
a)
An action word
b)
A descriptive word
c)
A sound word
d)
A statement
3.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  
a)
croak
b)
Mrs. Davis
c)
frogs
d)
pond
4.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Wow, Hailie's race car zoomed past the finish line.
a)
zoomed
b)
car
c)
wow
d)
finish 
5.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Saya was doing the dishes and the clanging pots awoke the baby.
a)
pots
b)
clanging
c)
dishes
d)
awoke
6.
Our feet squished in the mud.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
none
7.

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

8.

The west wind dances down the road.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

9.

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Oxymoron

10.

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

11.

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Onomatopeia

12.

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

13.

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Oxymoron

14.

The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Oxymoron

15.

The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during the awards ceremony.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Oxymoron

16.

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

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

17.

The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

18.

The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the game.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

19.

The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Hyperbole

20.

I’d catch a grenade for you.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

21.

A comparison of two unlike things that have something in common.


Uses LIKE or AS.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

22.

A comparison of two unlike things that have something in common.


NO like or as.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Hyperbole

23.

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

24.

An over exaggeration.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

25.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?


The students were as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

26.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?


The walker was a turtle when she made her way through the race.

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

27.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?


The heater yelled as it came on for the first time for the winter.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

28.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?


It took me a hundred years to finish all of my homework last night.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

29.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?


Boom! The fireworks cracked above in the sky to celebrate the Fourth of July.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

30.

What does the sentence below actually mean?


Lightning danced across the sky.

a)

The lightning was at a dance party.

b)

The lightning was bad at dancing.

c)

There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

d)

There was no lightning in the sky.

31.

What does the sentence below actually mean?


The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

a)

The car was not starting and making noises.

b)

The car was a big complainer.

c)

The car started up perfectly normal.

d)

The car hurt the person inside.

32.
Phrase:
His heart was a block of ice.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
33.
Phrase:
The cup danced joyfully across the table.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
34.
Phrase:
heavy as a rock
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
35.
"It took a million years for Thomas to finish his homework." is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification