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Figurative language

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as."

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

2.

A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another.

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

3.

A word that imitates the sound of what it describes.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

4.

A sound device used to repeat the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words.

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

5.

Gives human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

idiom

6.

Life is a roller coaster.

a)

metaphor

b)

similie

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

7.

My backpack weighs a ton.

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

alliteration

8.

The acorn plopped into the puddle.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

personfication

d)

onomatopoeia

9.

You were as brave as a lion.

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

simile

10.

The stars danced playfully in the moon sky.

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

11.

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

12.

Smack

Meow

Pow

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

simile

13.

I've asked you to clean your room a thousand times!

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

simile

14.

A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another.

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

15.

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as."

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

16.

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as."

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

17.

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as."

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

18.

A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another.

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

19.

A word that imitates the sound of what it describes.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

20.

Gives human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

idiom

21.

The acorn plopped into the puddle.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

personfication

d)

onomatopoeia

22.

The stars danced playfully in the moon sky.

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

23.

Smack

Meow

Pow

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

simile

24.

The stars danced playfully in the moon sky.

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

25.

You were as brave as a lion.

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

simile