Figurative Language Review

"The star guided me through the night" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"I drive as slow as a turtle" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an alliteration?

• a word that is a sound

• a comparison not using "like" or "as"

• the same beginning sound repeated

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The couch was a rock" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word whose sounds suggests its meaning is which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"He thought he was going to die from embarrassment" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Assonance

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?

• Personification
• Imagery
• Assonance
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true is which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A