Figurative Language Quiz

What is a simile?

• A comparison that states one thing IS another.
• A comparison that uses like or as.
• Repetition of a constant sound. 
• Giving an inanimate object human qualities.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is alliteration?

• A comparison that states one thing IS another.
• A comparison that uses like or as.
• Repetition of a constant sound. 
• Giving an inanimate object human qualities.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that states one thing IS another.
• When a word's sound imitates its meaning. 
• Repetition of a constant sound. 
• Giving an inanimate object human qualities.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a onomatopoeia?

• A comparison that states one thing IS another.
• When a word's sound imitates its meaning. 
• Repetition of a constant sound. 
• Giving an inanimate object human qualities.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a personification?

• Repetition of a constant letter.
• When a words sound imitates its meaning. 
• Repetition of a constant sound. 
• Giving an inanimate object human qualities.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of a constant letter.
• When a words sound imitates its meaning. 
• Repetition of a constant sound. 
• Giving an inanimate object human qualities.

An example of a metaphor is...

• The boy was as fast as a cheetah.
• That's the first photo of France from the outer Space. 
• The snow is a white blanket.
• The trees whispered in the moonlight.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An example of alliteration is...

• The boy was as fast as a cheetah.
• That's the first photo of France from the outer Space. 
• The snow is a white blanket.
• The trees whispered in the moonlight.

An example of a simile is...

• The boy was as fast as a cheetah.
• That's the first photo of France from the outer Space. 
• The snow is a white blanket.
• The trees whispered in the moonlight.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An example of personification is...

• When I added the milk to my cereal it went snap, crackle and pop!
• That's the first photo of France from the outer Space. 
• The snow is a white blanket.
• The trees whispered in the moonlight.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A