Unit 4 and 5 Pre-Test Figurative Language and Poetry

Instructions: For questions 1-7 please read each question carefully.

Definitions - Directions: Identify the figurative language technique/term based on the definition.

A comparison between two things not using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison between two things using like or as

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

An exaggeration meant to produce a particular effect

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Words that imitate sounds

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving a human characteristic to a non-human/non-living thing

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The repetition of the first/beginning letter/sounds of words

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region; not meant to be taken literally

• idiom

• simile

• foreshadowing

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Questions 8-20: Identification - Directions: Identify the bold/underlined examples of figurative language.

Whoosh! The winds cried loudly. Rumble! The clouds whispered in reply.

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Whoosh! The winds cried loudly. Rumble! The clouds whispered in reply.

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

His brawny arms are as strong as iron bands.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D