The Giver - Figurative Langauge Quiz

What type of figurative language is this: "They acted like animals."

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is this: "Depth, he decided; as if one were looking into the clear water of the river."

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What type of figurative language is this: "The apple jumps out of my hand onto the ground."

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of figurative language is this: "I'm starving."

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is this: "The man was wrinkled, and his eyes, though piercing in their unusual lightness, seemed tired. The flesh around them, was darkened into shadowed circles."

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language is this: "In his mind, Jonas had questions. A thousand. A million."

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is this: "Explaining myself is like going downhill through deep snow on a sled."

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

", ... he could see them gather on the back of his hands, like cold wet fur."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

“But suddenly Jonas had noticed, following the path of the apple through the air with his eyes, that the piece of fruit had – well, this was the part he couldn’t understand – the apple had changed. Just for an instant,”

• imagery

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

“Frighten was the way he had felt when an unidentified aircraft had flown over the community twice. He had seen it both times squinting to the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed.”

• imagery

• simile

• personification

• metaphor