Figurative Language Quiz for Students

What is figurative language?

• Words that mean exactly what they say

• Words used in different ways

• Words that are always jokes

• Words that only rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is personification?

• Giving human traits to animals

• Comparing two unrelated things

• Using words that sound the same

• Creating a rhythm in poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What does alliteration refer to?

• The repetition of vowel sounds

• The repetition of the same sound at the start of each word

• A type of rhyme

• A way to write a story

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a metaphor?

• A direct comparison using "like" or "as"

• A way to exaggerate something

• A comparison between two unrelated things without using "like" or "as"

• A word that sounds like another word

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which example illustrates hyperbole?

• "My mind is an ocean"

• "I could sleep for a million years"

• "The sun smiled down"

• "The wind whispered softly"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the meaning of assonance?

• The use of similar consonant sounds

• The repetition of vowel sounds

• The repetition of the same sound at the start of each word

• A type of metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an example of a simile?

• "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky"

• "Her smile was as bright as the sun"

• "Time is a thief"

• "The thunder grumbled like an old man"

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 whispered in the wind"

• "The clock ticked loudly"

• "The night was as dark as coal"

• "The stars were diamonds in the sky"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is an idiom?

• A phrase that has a literal meaning

• A phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning

• A type of poem

• A word that rhymes with another word

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following is an example of irony?

• A fire station burns down

• The sun is hot

• Water is wet

• The sky is blue

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A