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Figurative Language Assesment 1

The document provides examples of different types of figurative language and asks the reader to match definitions to terms or identify the figurative language used in example sentences. It includes terms like simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, and alliteration. The reader is asked questions to test their understanding of the different types of figurative language devices.

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Figurative Language Assesment 1

The document provides examples of different types of figurative language and asks the reader to match definitions to terms or identify the figurative language used in example sentences. It includes terms like simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, and alliteration. The reader is asked questions to test their understanding of the different types of figurative language devices.

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Figurative Language
Match the figurative language with its definition.

______ 1. Compares two different things using the words “like” or “as”.

______ 2. An extreme exaggeration.

______ 3. A word that represents a sound.

______ 4. Compares two different things without using the words “like” or

“as”.

______ 5. The same letter sound is repeated throughout a sentence.

______ 6. Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.

Word Bank:
A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Hyperbole

D. Personification

E. Onomatopoeia

F. Alliteration
Figurative Language
Choose the best answer for each question.

1. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?


Jonathon was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. hyperbole
d. Personification

2. Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?


The girl was as bright as the sun.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. hyperbole
d. Idiom

3. . Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?


The moon smiled at the sun and went home.
a. Alliteration
b. Imagery
c. Hyperbole
d. Personification
Figurative Language
Choose the best answer for each question.

4. Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?


You are an angel.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. hyperbole
d. Onomatopoeia

5. Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?


Ring, Ring, went my alarm clock.
a. imagery
b. idiom
c. hyperbole
d. Onomatopoeia

6. Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

Sandra’s silly sister always takes her tiny toys.

a. idiom
b. simile
c. alliteration
d. onomatopoeia

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