Figurative Language Review Quiz

A funny exaggeration is called a/an:

• hyberpole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

_____________________ is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called __________________.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison using like or as is a/an __________________.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A/an ________________ is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally.

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Words that resemble the sound they describe is ________________________.

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

A comparison of two nouns that don’t use like or as is a/an ________________.

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Choose the most appropriate type of figurative language used in the sentences below:

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

• metaphor

• hyberpole

• idiom

• simile

Choose the most appropriate type of figurative language used in the sentences below:

The fly buzzed past us.

• personification

• hyberpole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Choose the most appropriate type of figurative language used in the sentences below:

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

• personification

• hyberpole

• simile

• onomatopoeia