Figurative Language Quiz 6th grade ELA

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The west wind dances down the road.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Her blonde hair shined like the sun.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during the awards ceremony.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D