Figurative language Quiz 1

What type of figurative language compares two unlike things using like or as? (Example: He is as fast as a cheetah.)

• idiom
• hyperbole
• 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 compares two unlike things without using like or as. Example - The sky was an angry honey badger. 

• simile
• metaphor 
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is an exaggeration? Example - I was at the store for a million hours! 

• idiom
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language has a group of words that all start with the same sound? For example: Henry herded hippos happily. 

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• simlie
• metaphor

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 gives human qualities to non-human things? For example: Lightning danced across the sky. 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of figurative language is a common saying that is not taken literally? For example: This test is a piece of cake! 

• alliteration
• simile
• idiom
• hyperbole 

What type of figurative language is a word or a group of words that sound like the sound they make? For example: The basketball went swish through the hoop. 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor 

Complete the sentence with the correct word: 
They asked _____ mom if they could have a sleepover. 

• there
• their
• they're 

Which is an example of a simile?

• The cat was as fast as a car
• He was a superhero flying down the track.
• Boom went the cannon.
• Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• The cat was as fast as a car
• He was a superhero flying down the track.
• Boom went the cannon.
• Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.