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Year 7 · English · “Figurative language”
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Figurative Language
A Year 7 English quiz on recognising and explaining simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia in short lines.
- 1.
Which figurative device is used in the line, "Her smile was like sunshine"?
- A.Similecorrect
- B.Metaphor
- C.Personification
- D.Alliteration
This is a simile because it compares a smile with sunshine using the word "like".
- 2.
Which figurative device is used in the line, "The old oak tree whispered to the village"?
- A.Metaphor
- B.Personificationcorrect
- C.Onomatopoeia
- D.Simile
This is personification because the tree is given the human ability to whisper.
- 3.
Which figurative device is most clearly used in the line, "The railway rattled past the rainy road"?
- A.Alliterationcorrect
- B.Metaphor
- C.Personification
- D.Simile
This is alliteration because several nearby words begin with the same consonant sound, especially the repeated 'r' sound.
- 4.
Which word is an example of onomatopoeia in this sentence? "The stone dropped into the pond with a plop."
- A.stone
- B.dropped
- C.pond
- D.plopcorrect
Plop is onomatopoeia because its sound suggests the noise made by the stone entering the water.
- 5.
In the line, "The moon was a silver lantern above the Yorkshire moors", what does the metaphor suggest about the moon?
- A.It was giving off no light at all.
- B.It looked round and bright in the dark sky.correct
- C.It was hanging from a real metal chain.
- D.It was moving quickly across the ground.
The metaphor compares the moon with a silver lantern, suggesting that it was bright and helped to light the dark landscape.
- 6.
Read this line from Shakespeare's *Macbeth*: "The earth hath bubbles, as the water has." Which device is used most clearly by the comparison with water?
- A.Similecorrect
- B.Alliteration
- C.Onomatopoeia
- D.Personification
This is a simile because the earth's bubbles are compared with water's bubbles using the word "as".
- 7.
Which explanation best describes the effect of the personification in this sentence? "The impatient wind tugged at the umbrella outside Cardiff station."
- A.It makes the wind seem gentle and harmless.
- B.It makes the wind seem as though it has human behaviour and force.correct
- C.It proves that the wind is controlled by a person at the station.
- D.It shows that the umbrella is heavier than the wind.
The word impatient and the verb tugged give the wind human behaviour, making it seem forceful and determined.
- 8.
Which line uses onomatopoeia to make a scene at a London market sound lively?
- A.The colourful stalls stood beneath the cloudy sky.
- B.The traders arranged fresh apples in wooden crates.
- C.The brass band played beside the busy entrance.
- D.The drums went boom, boom, while the crowd clapped.correct
The word boom imitates the sound of the drums, so the line uses onomatopoeia to make the market sound lively.
- 9.
Read this line from Lewis Carroll's *The Walrus and the Carpenter*: "The time has come," the Walrus said. Which statement correctly identifies the figurative language in this short line?
- A.It is a simile because time is compared with an object.
- B.It is a metaphor because time is described as if it can physically arrive.correct
- C.It is alliteration because every word begins with the same sound.
- D.It is onomatopoeia because the word "time" imitates a sound.
The phrase treats time as if it can physically come or arrive. This is a metaphorical expression, not a literal description of movement.
- 10.
A pupil writes, "The rain danced on the roof." Which explanation best identifies the device and its effect?
- A.It is a simile because the rain is compared with dancing using "on".
- B.It is alliteration because the words contain repeated vowel sounds.
- C.It is personification because the rain is given a human action, making the weather seem lively.correct
- D.It is onomatopoeia because "danced" copies the sound of rain.
This is personification because rain cannot literally dance. The human action makes the rainfall seem lively and energetic.
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Mark scheme
Year 7 · English
The correct option filled solid purple, and why it is correct - including a simile borrowed straight from Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Quiz
Year 7 · English
Secondary school: a purple rule under name, date, class and mark, and lines invented for the quiz rather than borrowed from a text.
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What you get
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- 1
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- 2
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