Poetry QUIZ

Read the definition and choose the correct example of figurative language.

When a statement is "extremely exaggerated" to make a point.

We have driven for a zillion miles.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

Read the definition and choose the correct example of figurative language.

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as,

Life is a rainbow.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

Read the definition and choose the correct example of figurative language.

A word that imitates or mimics the noise or sounds it makes.

The bacon was sizzling in the pan.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

Read the definition and choose the correct example of figurative language.

When an object is given human qualities to non-living or human things.

The kite danced happily across the sky.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Read the definition and chose the correct example of figurative language.

When a common saying has a meaning that is different from what is says.

It's raining cats and dogs.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Read the definition and choose the correct example of figurative language.

When two or more words start with the same sounds in a phrase.

She sold seashells by the seashore.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

Read the definition and choose the correct example of figurative language.

When a comparison of two unlike things is made using like or as.

He was as cool as a cucumber.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Read the following sentences and choose which example of

figurative language is being used in the sentences.

Max slurped up every last drop of the milkshake through the straw.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

Read the definition and choose the correct example of figurative language.

The volcano was beginning to wake up after a long 90-year rest.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

_______________is a kind of rhythmic language that uses figurative language and imagery to appeal to the reader's emotions and imagination

• rhyme scheme

• poetry

• quatrain

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4