Figurative Language Quiz

Compares two different things using the words “like” or “as”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration.

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The flowers danced in the wind.

• Literal

• Figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

Jonathan was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

The girl was as bright as the sun.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Compares two different things without using the words “like” or “as”.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

The moon smiled at the sun and went home.

• personification

• imagery

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

She runs like the wind.

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The class was very quiet today.

• Literal

• Figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4