Figurative Language Quiz

A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"It was as light as a cloud"

is an example of

• a hyperbole

• a metaphor

• a simile

• an idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

He did stack the piles of shingles, but almost cried when a nail bit his thumb.

What figurative language does this sentence from Born Worker contain?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The whole world was staring at me! This sentence is an example of __________.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

• An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

• an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

'Kaboom' is an example of

• A) onomotopiea

• B) hyperbole

• C) alliteration

• D) blitz

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is alliteration?

• words that rhyme

• giving inanimate objects human capabilities

• a repeated same sound occurring at the beginning of words

• an extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4