Figurative Language Quiz

Which of the following is the definition for figurative language?

• A comparison or expression that goes beyond the literal meaning of words

• A type of writing that is only used in poetry

• A type of writing that only uses the literal meanings of words

• The use of symbols

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"Hope is the thing with feathers" is an example of:

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the primary difference between similes and metaphors?

• Metaphors use 'like' or 'as,' and similes do not.

• Metaphors make a comparison, but similes do not.

• Similes use 'like' or 'as,' but metaphors do not.

• Both are comparisons.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The brutal wind bullied the leaves from the trees" is an example of:

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"I wandered lonely as a cloud" is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a simile?

• Giving human traits to non-human things

• A comparison

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison that does not use "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison

• A comparison that does not include "like" or "as"

• A comparison that uses "like" or "as"

• A type of alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• A comparison that uses "like" or "as"

• extreme exaggeration

• A type of metaphor

• Giving human traits to non-human things

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4