Figurative Language Quiz

Which one uses the words "like" or "as" to compare 2 things?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is onomatopoeia?

• An exaggeration

• A sound word

• A comparison

• A common phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which phrase is a hyperbole?

• If I don't get an iPhone, I will die!

• Your smile is like the sun.

• He felt under the weather.

• You are my sunshine.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which figurative language is used in this phrase?:

The trees danced in the wind.

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is this phrase an example of?

Sally sells seashells by the seashore

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which phrase is an example of a metaphor?

• The game was a piece of cake.

• This bag weighs a ton.

• My mom is an angel.

• The book somersaulted off the desk.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of an idiom?

• It's raining cats and dogs!

• You are my sunshine.

• The stars were like diamonds.

• The dogs were playing tag in the backyard.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which figurative language gives human characteristics to non-human things?

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a hyperbole?

• A common phrase

• An exaggeration

• A comparison

• A word

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which is an example of onomatopoeia?

• Splat!

• You are my sunshine.

• A ton of bricks

• A cloud pillow

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5