Figurative Language Quiz

A word that represents a sound - Crash, Boom, Bam

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When the same sound is used at the beginning of many words in a sentence

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A comparison between two unlike things NOT using like or as

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

When an non-human object is given human qualities

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An extreme exaggeration

• Idiom

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A common saying with a meaning completely different from its actual dictionary meaning

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Can’t we wait for the elevator?” Josh whined. “My legs are going to fall off if we take the stairs!”

• Idiom

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

“You did that for me?” Sara asked, raising her eyebrows in disbelief. “You’re a peach!”

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Andrew’s temper tantrum was truly terrible!

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4