Figurative Language Quiz

What is the term for comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the term for using words or phrases to describe something as if it were something else?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the term for exaggerating to emphasize a point or create humor?

• overstatement

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the term for giving human qualities to non-human things?

• personification

• humanization

• anthropocentrism

• anthropomorphism

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which figurative language technique is used in the sentence: 'Her smile was as bright as the sun'?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language technique is used in the sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees'?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which figurative language technique is used in the sentence: 'I've told you a million times'?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which figurative language technique is used in the sentence: 'The flowers danced in the breeze'?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figurative language technique used in the sentence: 'The waves crashed against the shore like angry giants.'

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the figurative language technique used in the sentence: 'The stars winked at me from the night sky.'

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D