Mr. D's Figurative Language Quiz

This school is an asylum.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

My stomach did a backflip.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I wouldn't worry wacky worries unless it was something to really worry about.

• alliteration
• repetition
• idiom
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

She wasn't exactly running in the same circles as me.

• alliteration
• repetition
• idiom
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The rope SNAPPED in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I'm dying to see that movie.

• I can wait a little longer.
• I don't want to see the movie.
• I'm excited about seeing the movie.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

At the recital, Olivia's fingers danced over the keyboard.

• Olivia was a weak piano player.
• Olivia didn't know how to play; she just pounded the keys.
• Olivia played the piano easily and beautifully.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is an example of Hyperbole?

• I'm so tired I could sleep for a whole year

• Twenty four-seven

• A heart of gold

• Like two peas in a pod

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A