Figurative Language and Genres Quiz

What is a comparison using like or as?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• cliche

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is a word that represents a sound?

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• pun

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is an extreme exaggeration?

• idiom

• hyperbole

• cliche

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a form of figurative language where a phrase means something different than what is being said?

• simile

• cliche

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is a figure of speech that gives an object human characteristics?

• idiom

• metaphor

• cliche

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a direct comparison without like or as?

• idiom

• cliche

• metaphor

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What genre is a story that has been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth; characters may be animals or people?

• traditional literature

• realistic fiction

• biography

• mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What genre is the story of a real person's life written by another person?

• biography

• fiction

• poetry

• science fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What genre is a story that takes place in the present time and includes events that could happen?

• realistic fiction

• mystery

• fantasy

• poetry

What genre is written with rhythm and rhyme?

• fiction

• poetry

• non-fiction

• drama play