Hyperbole, puns, oxymorons and sound words

Grade 6 Reading Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Sentence

   After the field trip, the backpack weighed a million pounds.
   Figure card: Hyperbole stretches the truth on purpose. An oxymoron puts two opposite words together. Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like its noise. A pun plays on a word with two meanings.

2. 1.

   Tala reads the sentence and the figure card. Which choice names the figure and tells why?

   • hyperbole: no backpack weighs a million pounds
   • onomatopoeia: “weighed” sounds like a heavy thud
   • pun: “pounds” can mean weight or money, so the sentence is a joke
   • oxymoron: a backpack is small, but “million” is a huge number

3. Sentence

   The art table was an organized mess.
   Figure card: Hyperbole stretches the truth on purpose. An oxymoron puts two opposite words together. Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like its noise. A pun plays on a word with two meanings.

4. 2.

   Bo reads the sentence and the figure card. Which choice names the figure and tells why?

   • pun: “mess” can mean a dirty place or a meal hall, so it is a joke
   • onomatopoeia: “mess” sounds like the noise of spilled paint
   • hyperbole: the table is messier than any table could be
   • oxymoron: “organized” and “mess” are opposite words side by side

5. Sentence

   The bell went ding at the end of class.
   Figure card: Hyperbole stretches the truth on purpose. An oxymoron puts two opposite words together. Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like its noise. A pun plays on a word with two meanings.

6. 3.

   Milo reads the sentence and the figure card. Which choice names the figure and tells why?

   • oxymoron: a loud bell ends a quiet class
   • hyperbole: the bell was louder than any bell could be at the end of class
   • onomatopoeia: “ding” sounds like the noise a bell makes
   • pun: “class” can mean a group of students or a style

7. Sentence

   Why was the math book sad? It had too many problems.
   Figure card: Hyperbole stretches the truth on purpose. An oxymoron puts two opposite words together. Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like its noise. A pun plays on a word with two meanings.

8. 4.

   Noah reads the sentence and the figure card. Which choice names the figure and tells why?

   • pun: “problems” means math questions and also troubles
   • onomatopoeia: “problems” sounds like a noise
   • hyperbole: a book cannot have that many problems
   • oxymoron: “sad” and “problems” are opposite words
9. 5.

   The soup pot went blub, blub, blub on the stove. Luz reads the sentence. Which choice tells what it means in plain words?

   • the pot was sitting on the stove
   • the soup made a bubbling noise in the pot
   • the soup was about to spill over the pot
   • the pot said the word blub out loud
10. 6.

    Why did the cloud stay home? It was under the weather. Pia reads the joke. Which choice tells what it means in plain words?

    • the cloud hid underneath a rainstorm
    • the cloud was too hurt to move
    • the cloud stayed home instead of going out
    • the cloud felt sick, and the words also fit a cloud in the weather
11. 7.

    Before lunch, the long math sheet on the desk had a thousand questions. Zee marks the clue. Which part of the sentence is the hyperbole?

    • had a thousand questions
    • the long math sheet
    • on the desk
    • Before lunch
12. 8.

    In the hall, the crowd gave a loud whisper before the show. Ari marks the clue. Which part of the sentence is the oxymoron?

    • In the hall
    • a loud whisper
    • the crowd gave
    • before the show
13. 9.

    The old gate creaked open at sunrise. Ren marks the clue. Which part of the sentence is the onomatopoeia?

    • open
    • The old gate
    • at sunrise
    • creaked
14. 10.

    On a roll that morning, the bakery sold out of buns. Jun marks the clue. Which part of the sentence is the pun?

    • that morning
    • On a roll
    • sold out of buns
    • the bakery