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Figurative Language

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An exaggerated statement is a...

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

2.

What form of figurative language is being used?


"Hello from the other side

I must have called a thousand times."

a)

hyperbole

b)

symbols

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

3.

What form of figurative language is being used in this song?


"Love is an open door."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

4.

What figurative language is used in this example?


"And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast

I'm never going back, the past is in the past

Let it go.."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

5.

True or False: The following statement below is a simile:

"On Tik Tok, I have, like, a billion followers."

a)

True; I know because it uses the words "like" or "as"

b)

True; I know because it compares Tik Tok to a billion followers

c)

False; the figurative language is a metaphor

d)

False; the figurative language is a hyperbole

6.

Definition: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words

a)

assonance

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

repetition

7.

Definition: an expression that means something totally different than the the literal interpretation of its words would suggest

a)

idiom

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

irony

8.

Definition: giving human qualities to nonhuman things

a)

imagery

b)

irony

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

9.

Definition: a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

irony

10.

"Frank fed four funny fish in the fish tank" is an example of...

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

11.
After math class, Chou's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test.
a)
Chou was feeling confused.
b)
Chou was feeling very confident.
c)
Chou is thinking about science class.
12.

"It happened once in a blue moon" is an example of a(n)...

a)

Idiom

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

13.

"Her eyes were sparkling diamonds" is an example of:

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification