Figurative Language Skills Quiz

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• She is as brave as a lion.

• Time is a thief.

• He swims like a fish.

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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 sentence: "The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break."

• The classroom

• A zoo

• During the lunch break

• The classroom was a zoo

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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 sun smiled down on us.

• She is a shining star.

• He runs faster than a speeding bullet.

• They fought like cats and dogs.

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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 sunny day.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• She is as fast as a cheetah.

• The bag weighed a ton.

• I've told you a million times.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the onomatopoeia in the following sentence: "The bees buzzed as they flew from flower to flower."

• Bees

• Flew

• Buzzed

• Flower

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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?

• Life is a highway.

• He has a heart of stone.

• She is like a rose.

• Time is money.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which sentence contains a simile?

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

• The stars are sparkling diamonds in the night sky.

• Her smile is 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

What does the idiom "Break a leg" mean?

• To literally break your leg.

• To stop walking.

• Good luck.

• To perform poorly.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?

• The thunder roared in anger.

• She is the apple of my eye.

• He is a night owl.

• The car sang as it raced down the highway.

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CCSS.L.6.5A