Figurative Language Test

"Life is a dream." is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Sarah was as busy as a bee." is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Tori was feeling under the weather." is an example of

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"The sun smiled happily down at us." is an example of

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"Sheep should shower in a shed." is an example of

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"My mom is going to explode when she sees my grades" is an example of

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personifiation

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison of unlike objects using the words "like" or "as" is...

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison of two unlike objects not using "like" or "as", but instead says one IS the other is...

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration is...

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An expression that has a different meaning than it's individual words.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4