Figurative Language Test

A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

An expression that uses extreme exaggeration for effect.

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The use of words that sound like their meaning, or words that mimic sounds.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A phrase where the meaning is not literal. Instead, it has a hidden meaning.

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A phrase made up of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings.

• Oxymoron

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Writers use figurative language to create vivid _______________ in the reader's mind.

• Pictures

• Ideas

• Feelings

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An object or image that represents something else

• Symbol

• Idiom

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5