Figurative Language Quiz

Abigail and Mason are having a friendly debate about similes. Can you help them identify which 2 words can be present in a SIMILE?

• Like or As

• Like or And

• And or As

• But and As

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Create your own, unique simile.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification is giving human characteristics to...

• Other people

• Nonhuman objects

• Animals only

• Babies

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of an...

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

An "idiom" is also known as...

• A sentence

• A figure of speech

• A word

• A rhyming phrase

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Organize the following sentences into the correct category

Groups:

(a) Simile

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(b) Metaphor

• He's a couch potato.

• • My brother and I fight like cats and dogs all the time.

• My heart's a stereo.

• Stephen slept like a baby after working for ten long hours.

• Life is a highway

• That party was the bomb.

• • My dog, Shadow, eats like a pig after I take him for a walk.

• • Samantha works like a sloth.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What idiom does this photo represent?

• Break a leg

• Seeing eye to eye

• Crying your eyes out

• Between a rock and a hard place

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following is NOT a hyperbole?

• I've read this book a thousand times.

• I've told you a million times.
• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
• The sun is as hot as a thousand burning fires.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the definition of an oxymoron?

• A type of animal that is a cross between an ox and a moron
• A phrase that makes no sense
• A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms
• A word that has two opposite meanings

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What is the definition of a hyperbole?

• A hyperbole is a type of mathematical equation.
• A hyperbole is a form of poetry that uses rhyme and meter.
• A hyperbole is a type of animal found in the rainforest.
• A hyperbole is a figure of speech that involves exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A