Figurative Language Quiz

A comparison of two things when the writer says that something is actually something else.

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• idioms

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

A huge exaggeration

• idiom
• hyperbole
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison of two thing using the words “like” or “as”

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Giving an object that is not human some personal or human characteristics

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Words that say the sound they make (buzz, hiss)

• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• idiom
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When several words begin with the same sound.

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• alliteration
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A figure of speech whose meaning differs from the literal meaning of its words (Zip your lip).

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which sentence contains a simile?

• Rachel smiled like a Cheshire cat.

• Boyd had been awake for 500 hours.

• Our mayor is no Abe Lincoln.

• Farewell, my fair-haired friend.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Love is a thrill ride. This sentence uses ________.

• juxtaposition

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Nila briefly brushed the baby's hair. This sentence uses ________.

• assonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4