Figurative Language Test

A funny exaggeration is called a/an _________________________.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

____________________ is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called  ____________________.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison that does use like or as is a/an  ____________________.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A/an  _________________ is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Words that resemble the sound they describe is  ____________________.

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison of two things that does not use like or as is a/an  ____________________.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She was on top of the world when she got the lead in the play.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Charming children chat in the corner.

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5