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?

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

3. 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.

4. 2.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 3.

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

   • oxymoron: “sad” and “problems” are opposite words
   • hyperbole: a book cannot have that many problems
   • pun: “problems” means math questions and also troubles
   • onomatopoeia: “problems” sounds like a noise
7. 4.

   The line for the slide was a mile long. Esme reads the sentence. Which choice tells what it means in plain words?

   • the line really stretched for one mile
   • the kids gave up and went home
   • the slide was a popular ride at the park
   • the line was very long
8. 5.

   The class trip to the museum was a working vacation. Kira reads the sentence. Which choice tells what it means in plain words?

   • the museum paid the students to work for a week
   • the trip was fun but also had some schoolwork
   • the class went on a trip to the museum
   • the trip was ruined by too much schoolwork
9. 6.

   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. 7.

    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 was too hurt to move
    • the cloud hid underneath a rainstorm
    • the cloud felt sick, and the words also fit a cloud in the weather
    • the cloud stayed home instead of going out
11. 8.

    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?

    • on the desk
    • Before lunch
    • the long math sheet
    • had a thousand questions
12. 9.

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

    • the crowd gave
    • before the show
    • a loud whisper
    • In the hall
13. 10.

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

    • open
    • creaked
    • at sunrise
    • The old gate