3rd Grade Knowledge Check 2/2/2024

What is figurative language?

• Figurative language is language that uses words with literal interpretation
• Figurative language is language that uses expressions with a meaning that is the same as the literal interpretation
• Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

What is an idiom?

• An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning.

• An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a literal meaning that is different from the figurative interpretation.

• An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

What is a metaphor?

• A type of fruit
• A type of dance
• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things
• A type of vehicle

What is a simile?

• A type of car engine
• A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'
• A type of dance popular in the 1920s
• A type of fruit that grows on trees

What is the difference in similes and metaphors?

• Similes use 'like' or 'as' to compare two things, while metaphors directly compare two things without using 'like' or 'as'.
• Similes and metaphors are the same thing
• Similes directly compare two things without using 'like' or 'as', while metaphors use 'like' or 'as' to compare two things
• Similes use 'like' or 'as' to compare two things, while metaphors use 'like' or 'as' to compare two things

What is personification?

• A type of dance performed by a single person
• A figure of speech in which a non-human object or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.
• The act of personifying someone else's identity
• A form of government led by a single individual

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The wind whispered through the trees.
• The rock is hard and heavy.
• The river flowed gently downstream.
• The sun is shining brightly.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The sun is shining brightly.
• The wind howled through the night.
• She is a ray of sunshine.
• The cat sat on the mat.

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• She is as brave as a lion.
• He runs like a cheetah
• The sun is a yellow ball
• The wind whispered through the trees

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

• Running shoes
• Kick the bucket
• Swimming pool
• Jumping jacks