Figurative Language Quiz

What type of figurative language is comparing two things without using “like” or “as”?

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is the repetition of using initial consonant sounds in two or more words?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is a humorous exaggeration?

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language gives something human qualities?

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of figurative language does a word that imitates the sound associated with it?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative langue is comparing two things using “like” or “as”?

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is a phrase that does not have the same meaning as what it says?

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Write the type of figurative language that is being used for each example. She sells seashells by the seashore.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Write the type of figurative language that is being used for each example. The tall grass danced in the breeze.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Write the type of figurative language that is being used for each example. That house is so large that you need a map to find the bathroom!

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A