Figurative Language Quiz

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• Her heart is a rock.

• Her heart is a mountain.

• Her heart is a brick.

• Her heart is a stone.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• She is as brave as a lion.

• He runs like the wind.

• She is tall.

• The sun is shining.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The book cover is calling out to be read.

• The car engine roared to life.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• The sun is smiling down on us.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• I'm so tired I could sleep for a year.

• I have a million things to do today.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• This bag weighs a ton.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

• She sells sea shells on the seashore.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying one thing is another thing.

• A metaphor is a type of poem.

• A metaphor is a form of visual art.

• A metaphor is a mathematical equation.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a simile?

• A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'and'.

• A figure of speech that describes a person or thing using exaggerated or over-the-top language.

• A figure of speech that compares two similar things using 'like' or 'as'.

• A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• Personification is the act of giving animals human-like characteristics.

• Personification is the process of turning a person into a fictional character.

• Personification is the practice of using metaphors to describe inanimate objects.

• Personification is attributing human qualities to non-human entities or objects.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is hyperbole?

• A type of poetry

• A figure of speech used in scientific writing

• Exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect.

• A form of irony

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of closely connected words or phrases.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter in the middle of closely connected words or phrases.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of closely connected words or phrases.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of distantly connected words or phrases.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4