"English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England!" –Homer Simpson
Figurative Language
Quiz 1
Write the correct word on the blank that matches the definition.
alliteration imagery metaphor personification simile
onomatopoeia idiom hyperbole
1. ______giving human qualities to animals or objects
2. ______A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be
3. ______Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses
4. ______A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as
5. ______Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words
6. ______use of words that mimic sounds
7. ______a figure of speech which is an exaggeration
8. ______a combination of words that has a meaning that is different from the meanings of the individual words themselves
Identify the type of figurative language used in each sentence. Write its abbreviation in the blank.
S=simile ID=idiom P=personification H=hyperbole
9. _____ The little boy called his friend a fraidy-cat because he wouldn’t climb the tree.
10. _____ Working on her project, Mary was as busy as a beaver.
11. _____ Randy's house was so big that it took a week to walk from one end to the other.
12. _____ Sam waited impatiently for his older brother to calm down. “Bill, I think you are acting like a baby,” he said.
13. _____ The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake.
14. _____ She will go ape if she sees that you have not finished the work that was due today.
15. _____ I think of you a million times a day.
16. _____ The microwave timer told me that my dinner was heated.
17. _____ Playing chess with Ashley is like trying to outsmart a computer.
Identify the type of figurative language used in each sentence. Write its abbreviation in the blank.
A=alliteration O=onomatopoeia M=metaphor IM=imagery
18. _____ You'll never put a better bit of butter on your knife.
19. _____ While out camping in the deep, dark woods, we lit a fire that crackled while it burned.
20. _____ Crocodiles' teeth are white daggers, so be careful.
21. _____ Behind him he heard shouts of impatience, as people tried to push past him.
22. _____ The deer rustled the leaves as it leaped through the forest.
23. _____ Life is a rollercoaster which every one has to go through.
24. _____ We went to Peter Piper Pizza for dinner.
25. _____ He cried out as he flung them into the river, not even noticing that one of them had cut his palm.