Figurative Language Test

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sun smiled after the rain stopped.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

BAM! The door shut behind me.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing. 

• personification
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3