Figurative Language Pretest

Charming children chat in the corner.

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

• onomatopeia

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

• metaphor

• hyperebole

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

We had to wait forever!

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

My life is a dream of wonders.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

It really burned me up when you yelled at me.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which answer would be an example of an allusion

• Is raining cats and dogs.

• The trees gnarled fingers grabbed the hikers.

• If it rains anymore, we will need Noah's ark.

• My love is a rose.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Why do authors use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.

• To structure their writing into paragraphs.

• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D