Figurative Language Vocabulary Quiz

Match the following definitions to the figurative language vocabulary word.

"a person, place, or object that stands for something else"

• symbol

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

"repeating consonant sounds in words close together"

• personification

• imagery

• alliteration

• idiom

"using words that suggest sounds"

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

"giving human traits to objects, animals, or ideas"

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

"comparing two things without using like or as"

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

"words or phrases that appeal to the senses"

• idiom

• personificaton

• imagery

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.W.4.3D

"words, lines, or phrases that are repeated"

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• repetition

"obvious and intentional exaggeration"

• hyperbole

• imagery

• metaphor

• symbolism

"comparing two things using like or as"

• repetition

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

"a string of words that can not be understood separately, but learned as a whole"

• idiom

• symbol

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B