Figurative Language Quiz

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The city was a jungle." is an example of what?

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Chicago is a city that is as fierce as a dog with fangs." is an example of what?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The sunshine threw his hat away." is an example of what?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Opportunity extended its hands to me." is an example of what?

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Time is a friend and an enemy at times.

• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Figurative language is...

• language that should be taken literal
• language that should not be taken literal
• language that tells the reader exactly what they mean
• language from another language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a metaphor?

• Comparison between two things not usually compared

• Comparison between two things using like or as

• A non-human is described with human characteristics

• Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a simile?

• Exaggeration

• A non-human is described with human characteristics

• Comparison between two things not usually compared

• Comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• Exaggeration

• Comparison between two things not usually compared

• A non-human is described with human characteristics

• Comparison between things using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4