Figurative Language Quiz

the formation of mental images or figures; when an author “paints” a vivid picture using words; descriptive

• imagery

• metaphor

• allusion

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.”

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a saying that isn’t meant to be taken literally

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

when two words are put together that contradict each other - “Opposites”

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• pun

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

a comparison of two things using “like” or “as”

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

giving human traits to objects or ideas

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the repetition of the beginning sounds in two or more words

• repetition

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a form of “word play” in which words have a double meaning

• pun

• oxymoron

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a word that “makes” a sound

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5