Figurative Language Test

An expression that means something different than its literal meaning.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The repetition of initial (beginning) sounds.

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An exaggeration that can't be true.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

• simile

• idion

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Giving humanlike qualities to non human objects.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison that says one thing is another.

• Onomatopoeia

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When a word's pronunciation imitates its sound (sound words).

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The snake slowly, silently, slithered towards its prey.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The car crash made a sound as loud as thunder.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

They were statues waiting quietly and standing still in the hallway.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B