Figurative Language Quiz

This car is faster than the speed of light

is an example of...

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a simile?

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• A comparison without using "like" or "as"

• Giving an inhuman object human qualities

• A figure of speech with a non-literal and literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My alarm clock yells at me every morning

is an example of...

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

As cool as a cucumber is an example of...

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

He has an Achillies heel is an example of...

• A metephor

• A idiom

• Personification

• An allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What two things are being compared in this simile?

Sophie was as flexible as Simone Biles

• Sophie and flexible

• Sophie and Simone Biles

• Simone Biles and flexible

• Simone Biles and Sophie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Burt is a human fish!

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Life is like a chance wheel is an example of...

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an allusion?

• A comparison using like or as

• Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman object

• A comparison without using like or as

• A reference

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the hospital was refrigerator

is a ...

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• an allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D