Figurative Language Quiz

What does the phrase 'a bear of a lesson' mean?

• A very difficult lesson

• A very easy lesson

• A lesson about bears

• A lesson that is very sweet

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is figurative language?

• Language that is always true

• Language that is only used in poems

• Language that is literal

• Language that says one thing but means another

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• Love is a rose

• The car grumbled

• My stomach is a gurgling tar pit

• My stomach was gurgling like a tar pit

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What word is often used in similes to make comparisons?

• Is

• Or

• Like

• And

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the main difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• Similes use 'like' or 'as', metaphors do not

• Metaphors are always true, similes are not

• Metaphors use 'like' or 'as', similes do not

• Similes are always true, metaphors are not

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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?

• I am as hungry as a wolf

• The wind howled through the mountains

• I could eat a million hot dogs

• Love is a rose

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is hyperbole?

• A type of metaphor

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A type of simile

• An exaggeration to express emphasis

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an allusion?

• A direct statement

• A literal description

• A type of personification

• A reference to literature, movies, or culture

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4