Figurative Language Quiz

"Man, traffic was a beast today" is an example of

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"He’s got a face like a bucket full of busted crabs" is an example of

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This idiom is often used to mean get something exactly right:

• It costs an arm and a leg

• Kill two birds with one stone

• Hit the nail on the head

• Give the cold shoulder

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The boy bit into the ripe peach and smiled as the sweet, soft fruit filled his mouth, and the juice ran down his chin. This is an example of

• imagery

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

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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 curtain was waving to everyone every time the wind blew through the open window. This is an example of:

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Figurative language is language that is intended to:

• Uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning

• Enhances writing by making it more lively and interesting

• Makes reading more interesting

• All of the above/to the left

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The negatives are normal when you knee deep / When nice sins get stabbed with a knife in or shot with a nine / The neediest the nosiest, they always trying to be friends / And if you naive you should notice all the signs

This is an example of:

• hypebole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

What cool figurative language is this?

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• 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 is the simile?

• The dragon's fart was the last straw

• The scream of the dragon's fart really scared us!

• It's sot hot it's like a dragon's fart in here

• The dragon's fart was another beast altogether

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Gracie was on her trip to Florida for her vacation with her family. She looked out the window and said "it's raining cats and dogs" outside right now. It was actually really raining cats and dogs. What type of figurative language is this referring to?

• personification

• idiom

• nothing-she was simply speaking the truth

• simile

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4