figurative language review

What type of figurative language gives human-like qualities to something that is not human?

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language repeats the consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• idiom
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language compares two things using "like" and "as"?

• oxymoron
• adage
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language uses sound words such as "buzz" or "pop"?

• simile
• adage
• onomatopoeia
• proverb

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language compares two nouns but does NOT use the words "like" and "as"?

• proverb
• simile
• metaphor
• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What type of figurative language is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally? For example: It is raining cats and dogs.

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• idiom
• adage

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language is a funny expression? For example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• idiom
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language uses words that are opposites? For example: jumbo shrimp

• adage
• oxymoron
• proverb
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What type of figurative language is a statement of practical wisdom? For example: "You live, you learn"

• proverb
• hyperbole
• idiom
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Identify the type of figurative language that is used:
The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• idiom
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D