Figurative Language Fundamentals Quiz

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• He is a shining star.

• She is as brave as a lion.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• Time is a thief.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the metaphor in the following sentences:

• The classroom was a zoo.

• She swims like a fish.

• The snow is a white blanket.

• He barked orders at his classmates.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences uses personification?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• The car complained as the key turned in its ignition.

• The cake was calling my name.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What does the idiom "It's raining cats and dogs" mean?

• Animals are falling from the sky.

• It is raining very hard.

• Cats and dogs are fighting.

• It is a magical weather phenomenon.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• I slept like a log last night.

• This bag weighs a ton.

• She's as skinny as a toothpick.

• Both A and B.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the onomatopoeia in the following sentences:

• The bees buzzed by the flowers.

• The cake was as sweet as honey.

• He could hear the sound of the waves crashing.

• A and C.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is NOT a metaphor?

• Time is a thief.

• Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

• He has a heart of stone.

• She floated like a butterfly.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Choose the sentence that contains a simile:

• The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

• The wind howled in the night.

• Her smile was as bright as the sun.

• The computer is an old dinosaur.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of these sentences is an example of personification?

• The sun kissed the ocean.

• The car is very fast.

• He is as sly as a fox.

• The book was read in one night.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Identify the hyperbole in the following sentences:

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• She ran faster than the wind.

• His brain is the size of a pea.

• A and C.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A