Figurative Language Quiz

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that states something is LIKE something else (uses like or as)

• A comparison that states something IS something else

• When non-living objects are given human qualities

• An outrageous exaggeration meant to show effect

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a hyperbole?

• Words that show sounds

• A reference to something in history, like a movie, event or book

• Giving non-living objects human qualities

• An outrageous exaggeration meant to show effect

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Onomatopoeia is a type of figurative language that shows......

• Sights

• Sounds

• Smells

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is personification?

• When consonant sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence

• A reference to something from history, like a movie, event, or book

• Giving non-living objects human qualitiies

• An outrageous exaggeration meant to show effect

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Can you hit the lights for me?

What type of figurative language is being used in the example above?

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these is an example of personification? Choose the best answer.

• The wind blew the leaves across the grass.

• The lightning danced across the sky during the storm.

• The dog barked loudly at the mailman.

• The bee buzzed around the man's head.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a simile?

• A comparison that states something is LIKE something else (uses like or as)

• A comparison that states something IS something else

• When non-living objects are given human qualities

• An outrageous exaggeration meant to show effect

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

You don't have to be an Albert Einstein to understand figurative language. (Hint: Einstein was a well-known scientist).

What figurative language is being used in the example above?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Personfication

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The line was as straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

What type of figurative language is being used in the example above?

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A