Figurative Language Quiz

What is alliteration?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a phrase

• An extreme exaggeration

• Words that sound like what they are

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is an example of an allusion?

• The bus zipped quickly by

• He thinks he's such an Einstein anytime he answers a question correctly

• The mountains were swallowed by the heavy clouds

• Love is a rose

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a euphemism?

• An extreme exaggeration

• A substitution of an agreeable or non-offensive phrase for one that might be offensive or unpleasant

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Words that sound like what they are

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”

• The bus zipped quickly by

• That building can touch the clouds

• Love is a rose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an idiom?

• An expression that cannot be understood by literal or ordinary meanings

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Words that sound like what they are

• An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following is an example of irony?

• The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”

• The bus zipped quickly by

• Love is a rose

• He sings like an angel

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is imagery?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Descriptive language that appeals to one of the five senses

• An extreme exaggeration

• Words that sound like what they are

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The bus zipped quickly by

• Love is a rose

• He sings like an angel

• The mountains were swallowed by the heavy clouds

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that sound like what they are

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• An extreme exaggeration

• A substitution of an agreeable or non-offensive phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?

• The bus zipped quickly by

• The movie was a tragic comedy

• Love is a rose

• He sings like an angel

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A