Figurative Language Quiz

Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity. He eats the sweet treats.

• assonance

• personification

• amplification

• ethos

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison without using like or as.

• simile

• antithesis

• imagery

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. Mike likes his new bike.

• analogy

• idiom

• consonance

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Peter Piper picked peppers...

• allusion

• hyperbole

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A device in literature where an object represents an idea.

• symbolism

• allusion

• irritation

• counterclaim

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. "I have a dream...I have a dream..."

• antithesis

• logos

• claim

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event.

• anaphora

• allusion

• alliteration

• amplification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what might otherwise be passed over.

• symbolism

• anaphora

• claim

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The direct opposite, a sharp contrast, words/phrases/ideas that mean the opposite.

• repetition

• antithesis

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5