Figurative Language Review Test

What is an idiom?

• The use of symbols in writing to express something to the reader.
• An exaggeration.
• Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. 
• A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning. 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I am dying of shame is an example of...

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a simile? 

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
• None of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification

• Giving human qualities to a human
• Giving non living qualities to living things
• Comparing something to a nonliving thing.
• Giving human qualities to a non human things

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• simile and personification
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The man was a constant and steady rock." This is an example of  _____________________________. 

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor 
• Style

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The eerie silence was shattered by her scream." This is an example of ___________________________. 

• Theme
• Plot
• Rhyme
• Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A brief reference to a famous historical figure or event, like from a movie or a book. 

• Alliteration 
• Hyperbole 
• Assonance 
• Allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"He's so honest, you might as well call him Abe!" is an example of 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Allusion 

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4