Figurative Language Test

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Comparing two, unlike things without using like or as.

• Pun

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving a nonhuman thing human characteristics.

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A phrase that doesn't literally mean what it is saying.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When a word describes a sound and actually mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is spoken.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Jenah jumped for joy while eating jelly beans with Julie in July.

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Eli's feet smelled like ruined milk after practicing baseball.

• Idiom

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Hold your horses and wait for Easton!" I told Eli.

• Idiom

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Boom, bang, pow"! The fireworks exploded in the night sky.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4