Literary Terms and Figurative Language

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!
• No!
• Yes!
• Go!

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

"The assignment was a breeze!" is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf. 
• Powerful pandas punch parrots.
• The plant liked to fly.
• I like to eat pie.

"Big baby", "Alone Together", and "Original Copy" are examples of:

• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Oxymoron

"Time flies by!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

I am so hungry, I could eat a horse right now. 

• hyperbole
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile

How does imagery help us understand the story?

• It doesn't
• By expressing how the author is feeling
• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
• By telling the mood

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is not an oxymoron?

• bittersweet
• civil war
• still moving
• pretty ugly