WorksheetsSensory Details and Figurative Language Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are sensory details?
Details that appeal to one or more of the five senses
Language that is not meant to be taken literally
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
A type of figurative language
Which of the following is an example of figurative language?
We saw orange flames shooting from the windows
Soft hot ashes landed on us
He strolls through the crowd as if in a dream
We could taste and smell the acrid smoke
What is a simile?
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, or as if
A type of sensory detail
A metaphor without using like or as
A literal description
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things without using like, as, or as if
A comparison using like or as
A literal description
A type of sensory detail
Which sense is primarily appealed to in the sentence: "I lay in my sickbed, surrounded by the strong piney aroma of camphor"?
Sight
Sound
Touch
Smell
Which sense is primarily appealed to in the sentence: "Li and JJ enjoy the delicious sweetness of the Italian ices at the little beach stand"?
Sight
Sound
Taste
Smell
Which sense is primarily appealed to in the sentence: "In the great quietness of those summer days, our only clock was the ocean’s waves beating rhythmically on the shore"?
Sight
Sound
Touch
Smell
Which sense is primarily appealed to in the sentence: "In a flash, my mind’s eye showed me an abandoned town with dusty lonely streets"?
Sight
Sound
Touch
Smell
Which sense is primarily appealed to in the sentence: "Holding the soggy shredded papers in her hands, Leah boils with anger at Rex"?
Sight
Sound
Touch
Smell
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "Becca is a tigress, protecting the ball as she guides it swiftly to the goal"?
Simile
Metaphor
Sensory detail
Literal language
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "It seems like thunder pounding in our ears when the waves crash on the boulders"?
Simile
Metaphor
Sensory detail
Literal language
What is the main purpose of using sensory details in writing?
To create literal descriptions
To appeal to the reader's senses
To compare two unlike things
To use language imaginatively
What is the main purpose of using figurative language in writing?
To create literal descriptions
To appeal to the reader's senses
To use language imaginatively
To provide factual information
Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?
Inhaling the pine woods’ camphor aroma, I felt at first that I’d entered a sick room
Sweet cold ices hitting my tongue are a wake-up call to my sleepy summer brain
The soggy shredded papers in Leah’s hands were the last straw; Rex was in for it
It seems like thunder pounding in our ears when the waves crash on the boulders
Which of the following sentences contains a simile?
Inhaling the pine woods’ camphor aroma, I felt at first that I’d entered a sick room
Sweet cold ices hitting my tongue are a wake-up call to my sleepy summer brain
The soggy shredded papers in Leah’s hands were the last straw; Rex was in for it
It seems like thunder pounding in our ears when the waves crash on the boulders
