Figurative Language Review

A funny exaggeration is called a/an

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

__________________________ is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human.

• personification
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words is called

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison using like or as is called a

• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An expression that is not meant to be taken literally is called an

• idiom
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Words that resemble the sound they describe are called

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A comparison of two things that doesn't use like or as is called a

• metaphor
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The soup felt like lava in my mouth.

• metaphore
• hyperbole
• idiom
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Pitter-patter went the rain on the tin roof.

• personification
• simile
• onomoatopoeia
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• hyperbole
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A