Figurative Language Quiz

This school is an asylum.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

• alliteration

• repetition

• idiom

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

(1)The breeze felt like a refreshing drink of lemonade. (2)The night air was fuel for my work, and it was a beautiful night. (3)If I was going to finish writing this test, then it was going to be the longest night of my life. (4)Then like booming thunder, a light bulb went off in my head. (5) I searched for the perfect program where I could peruse several small suggestions swiftly. (6) Sadly, my time on Herculean efforts on Google reminded me of a crazy Spongebob Squarepants episode. (7) Even though I knew what I was searching for, it didn’t go well. (8) It seems that I will be working like a dog for tonight. (9) One good thing did happen, though: I finally discovered what one calls a super articulate dinosaur... a Thesaurus..., and next time a dinosaur drops by for lunch, I'll know how to properly invite him. "Tea, Rex?"

The underlined sentence in blue font is an example of

• visual imagery (sense of sight)

• simile

• No figurative language is used here.

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My stomach did a backflip.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a simile in the following sentence: "Her smile was as bright as the sun."

• Her smile

• as bright as

• the sun

• was

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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 this sentence: "Time is a thief."

• Time

• is

• a thief

• Time is

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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 is an example of personification?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• She is as fast as a cheetah.

• He has a heart of stone.

• I've told you a million times.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Choose the sentence that contains a hyperbole.

• She ran quickly to catch the bus.

• The book was interesting.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The lake was a mirror, reflecting the mountains.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The car roared to life.

• His heart is a cold iron.

• She danced like a leaf on the wind.

• The stars are diamonds in the night sky.

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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 this sentence: "Her voice is music to my ears."

• Her voice

• is music

• to my ears

• Her voice is music

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D