Figurative Language Summative

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The girl was a kite, floating above the confusion around her."

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The child's tears were like raindrops from a tiny cloud."

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The shadows danced in the moonlight."

This sentence uses ______________________.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"I have a million papers to grade!" exclaimed the English teacher.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The sun's rays wrapped their arms around me."

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

"It's raining cats and dogs!" my mother said when she handed me my raincoat.

• metaphor

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

We saw the dolphin swimming silently in the serene sea.

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Squish, splash were the sounds of my feet crashing through the leaves to the wet ground below.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

We waited forever for the ballgame to start.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

The football player ran like a cheetah down the field to score a touchdown.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4