Story Elements and Figurative Language Practice Test

Comparisons using "like" or "as" are.....

• metaphors
• analogies
• hyperboles
• similes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Direct comparisons without "like" or "as" are.....

• hyperboles
• analogies
• similes
• metaphors

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Giving human qualities to non-human things is.....

• Personification
• Anthropomorphism
• Metaphor
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Figurative language that uses extreme exaggeration is....

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Words that imitate sounds are

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Phrases with meanings different from their literal words are....

• metaphors
• idioms
• similes
• proverbs

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Combinations of contradictory terms is known as....

• antithesis
• oxymoron
• dichotomy
• paradox

References to well-known people, places or events are.....

• metaphors
• similes
• hyperboles
• allusions

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The repeating of opening letter sounds is....

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The term imagery means......

• a type of visual art
• a method of storytelling
• the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses
• the study of language structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4