Figurative Language Pretest

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

• metaphor

• hyperebole

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

• onomatopeia

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Charming children chat in the corner.

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

We had to wait forever!

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

My life is a dream of wonders.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

It really burned me up when you yelled at me.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.RL.5.4

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

She gave birth to me, raised me and provided for me from an infant… Maybe I owe her one.

• hyperbole

• understatement

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which of the following is a play on words?

• Allusion

• Pun

• Idiom

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

Which word means an overused expression?

• Cliche

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D