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This document is a 10 question pre-test on figurative language devices including similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, and puns. For each question, students must identify the figurative language device used in a given statement or phrase. An honors/bonus question at the end asks students to provide their own example of a metaphor. The pre-test aims to assess students' understanding of different types of figurative language.

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Unit Pre-Test

This document is a 10 question pre-test on figurative language devices including similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, and puns. For each question, students must identify the figurative language device used in a given statement or phrase. An honors/bonus question at the end asks students to provide their own example of a metaphor. The pre-test aims to assess students' understanding of different types of figurative language.

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Name:______________________________________

Figurative Language Pre-Test

1.

As I walked into the kitchen I could hear the sizzle of bacon. The bold word is an
example of a ________________________?
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Onomatopoeia
d. Pun
2. As the wave met the beach he said hello. This statement is an example of a
_____________________?
a. Simile
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Onomatopoeia
3. Happy as a clam. This statement is an example of a ______________________?
a. Metaphor
b. Pun
c. Onomatopoeia
d. Simile
4. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me. This statement is an
example of a _________________________?
a. Pun
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Simile
5. My brother is a snail! This statement is an example of a _____________________?
a. Personification
b. Onomatopoeia
c. Simile
d. Metaphor
6. An example of a Simile would be?
a. My teacher is as sharp as a tack.
b. As she dropped the dishes there was a loud crash.
c. Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
d. The pencil just got up and walked away.
7. An example of a Metaphor would be?
a. As muddy as a duck puddle.
b. The crack of lightning woke me up from my sleep.
c. The night is a dark black blanket.
d. The dog asked the cat to help break him out of his chains.
8. An example of an onomatopoeia would be?
a. To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
b. As brave as a lion.
c. I could hear the clippers buzz in my ear as I was getting my haircut.
d. My kids room is a quarantined area.
9. An example of a pun would be?
a. We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.
b. Life is a rollercoaster
c. Life is like a box of chocolates.
d. The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.
10. An example of personification would be?
a. As snug as a bug in a rug.
b. She is the light of my life
c. The babbling brook was beautiful to look at.
d. The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.

HONORS/BONUS QUESTION
Write an example sentence of a metaphor.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
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Name:______________________________________
Figurative Language Pre-Test

HONORS/BONUS QUESTION
Write an example sentence of a metaphor.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

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