Figurative Language Quiz

A ______ compares one thing to another using like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

BOOM, POW, and POP! are all examples of what type of figurative language?

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyberbole

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A _______ is used to describe an object or action in a way that isn't literally true.

• Idiom

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The light danced on top of the water. What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Personification

• Metaphor.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A _______ is used to give an item a sense of being alive.

• Personification

• Simile

• Omomatopoeia

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A ______ exaggerates the meaning of the sentence.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse. What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Idiom

• Personfication

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She has a heart of gold. What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The trash smells like wet dog. Is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An ________ is a word that names a sound and sounds like that sound.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5