Figurative Language Quiz

What is figurative language?

• Words that mean exactly what they say

• Words that mean something different than their literal meaning

• Words that rhyme

• Words that are spelled the same

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is personification?

• Giving human qualities to animals or objects

• Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A sound written out as a word

• A saying that has a different meaning than what it literally says

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a simile?

• A sound written out as a word

• Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A saying that has a different meaning than what it literally says

• Giving human qualities to animals or objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is onomatopoeia?

• A sound written out as a word

• Comparing two different things

• A saying that has a different meaning than what it literally says

• Giving human qualities to animals or objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a metaphor?

• Comparing two different things

• A sound written out as a word

• A saying that has a different meaning than what it literally says

• Giving human qualities to animals or objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an idiom?

• A saying that has a different meaning than what it literally says

• Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A sound written out as a word

• Giving human qualities to animals or objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is alliteration?

• Same sound at the beginning of words

• Comparing two different things

• A sound written out as a word

• Giving human qualities to animals or objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement

• A sound written out as a word

• Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

• Giving human qualities to animals or objects

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• He is a lion in battle.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• She is as brave as a lion.

• The clock ticked loudly.

Tags

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 onomatopoeia?

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• The cat purred softly.

• He is a shining star.

• She is as busy as a bee.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5