Figurative Language Test

Compares two different things using the words "like" or "as".

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that represents a sound

• Imagery

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Using very descriptive language

• Imagery

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Compares two different things without using the words "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The same letter sound is repeated throughout a sentence

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• Personification

• Simile

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

An expression where the words used, mean something different than you would find in the dictionary

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Jonathon was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The girl was as bright as the sun.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D