MSHS Figurative Language Quiz

What is a comparison between two unlike things that uses the words "like" or "as"?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a comparison between two unlike things that does not use the words "like" or "as"?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

_____ is a type of figurative language that gives human characteristics to objects and ideas.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Imagery is when an author appeals to ______.

• the author's emotions

• the reader's emotions

• the reader's senses

• the sense of sight only

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which type of imagery appeals to the sense of touch?

• Visual Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which type of imagery appeals to the sense of hearing?

• Olfactory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

• Tone Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Figurative language is used to create effects in a text, such as tone and mood. What are tone and mood?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the following quote an example of? --> "Love ... pricks like a thorn."

• personification

• mood

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the following quote an example of? --> "[Love] is the star to every wand'ring bark ... "

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• auditory imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Besides a metaphor, what is the following an example of? --> "... [Love] is an ever-fixed mark / That looks on tempests and is never shaken ..."

• simile

• personification

• olfactory imagery

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D