WorksheetsFigurative Language Quiz
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
When you use 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!
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.
The ice sculptor’s hands fluttered like hummingbird wings.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification
The candle flame danced in the dark.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification
Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification
Which figurative language gives human traits to non-human objects?
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Which figurative language compares two things without using "like" or "as?"
Similie
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
What figurative language uses repeating letters or sounds?
Similie
Hyperbole
Onomatopeia
Alliteration
Metaphor
True or False: The following line is an idiom:
"My Fortnite game is calling my name to come play it!"
True
False
Check the two correct answers below:
Which figurative languages compares two things?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Similie
Hyperbole
True or False: The following statement below is a simile:
"On Tik Tok, I have, like, a billion followers."
True; I know because it uses the words "like" or "as"
True; I know because it compares Tik Tok to a billion followers
False; the figurative language is a metaphor
False; the figurative language is a hyperbole
Which two figurative languages are shown in the following sentence?
"It's so hot outside that it feels like a thousand degrees and I'm going to melt like an ice cube!"
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
The idiom "busy as a bee" is also an example of a -
Alliteration because it repeats the letter B.
Personification because a bee can't be busy.
Simile because it compares us being busy to a bee using "like" or "as"
Metaphor because it compares us being busy to a bee without using "like" or "as"
What is being compared in the simile below?
"Her tears flowed like a river down her cheek?"
Flowed, River
Tears, Cheeks
Tears, River
Her, River
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike objects using like or as.
Comparing two unlike objects saying one is another.
Giving human qualities to a nonhuman object.
Same beginning letter sounds.
What is a metaphor
when the outcome is opposite of what is expected.
sound words
comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Comparing two unlike things saying one is another.
What is personification
Same beginning letter sounds.
Giving a human quality to a nonhuman object
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
What is alliteration?
Same beginning letter sounds.
Sound words
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
A well- known phrase that should not be taken literally.
What is an onomatopoeia?
Comparing two unlike objects using like or as.
Sound words.
When the outcome is opposite of what is expected.
same beginning letter sounds.
What is an idiom?
Comparing two things using like or as.
When the outcome is opposite of what is expected.
A phrase that should not be taken literally.
Comparing two things saying one is another.
What is a hyperbole?
Using extreme exaggeration
Giving a human characteristic to a nonhuman object.
Making reference to a historical character, work of art, text, etc.
When someone says something, but means the opposite.
What is an allusion?
A well-known phrase that should not be taken literally.
When the outcome is opposite of what is expected.
extreme exaggeration.
making reference to a historical character, text, art work, etc.
Identify the simile in this sentence: "The night was as black as coal."
The night
as black as coal
was
coal
Which of the following sentences uses a simile?
The wind whispered secrets to the trees.
Her laughter is music to my ears.
He is as sneaky as a fox.
Time is a thief.
Which of the following is a metaphor?
The moon smiled.
The cheese was as smelly as a skunk.
Her hair was silk.
Which sentence contains a metaphor?
The car roared to life like a beast awakening.
His life was a book, each day a new page.
She danced like a leaf on the wind.
The cake was as sweet as summer.
The pencil sang as it danced across the paper.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personifiction
The lightning danced across the sky during the storm.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Which sentence is an example of onomatopoeia?
The clock ticked loudly as he worked.
The sun is bright.
The flowers are blooming.
The car is new.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
The sun was a golden coin in the sky.
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
The wind howled like a wolf.
What is the main purpose of using figurative language?
To make text longer
To confuse the reader
To make writing more engaging and create vivid mental images
To use complicated words
Which type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Idiom
Which of the following is NOT a reason to use figurative language?
To make text more engaging
To draw on the reader's emotions
To confuse the reader
To help readers think about topics in new ways
Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?
The flowers smiled at the sun
She's like a ray of sunshine
I've told you a thousand times
Life is a roller coaster
Match the following
Kangaroo kicked the kid.
Alliteration
The car horn beeped.
Onomatopoeia
He swam like a fish
Simile
Which of the following is NOT an example of figurative language?
"The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky."
"The calm lake was a mirror."
"The computer at the desk was old."
"Time is a thief."
Kaylee calmly carried her cat into the car.
simile
metaphor
alliteration
onomatopoeia
Which of the following is NOT an example of figurative language?
The toast jumped out of the toaster.
The wind howled in the night.
She has a bubbly personality.
The book was on the table.
Match the following examples of figurative language, to their matching type.
"It's raining cats and dogs"
Idiom
"His head was as big as a watermelon"
Simile
"Whoose-Whoosh" went the wind.
Onomatopoeia
The burning wood hissed and crackled.
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
language that should be taken literally
