Figurative Language Quiz

A statement that is exaggerated is called a _______________

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A __________________ compares two things using the words "like" or "as"

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A ____________________ compares two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as".

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A phrase that means something different than what the words say is an _______________________.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

_______________________ is when the beginning sound of a word is repeated two or more times in a phrase or a sentence.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A word that sounds like it’s meaning is called ________________________.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

When you give human qualities (actions, feelings, thoughts) to nonhuman objects, you are using _________________________.

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

That pizza is bigger than Texas! Is an example of a ________________.

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

His eyes were as blue as the sky. Is an example of ____________________

• alliteration

• a simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Lucy’s room is a pigsty. Is an example of _______________________.

• a metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D