MCA Reading Test: Figurative Language

What form of figurative language is used in this example?

"Skies are crying, I am watching

Catching teardrops in my hands…"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What sound device is used in this example?

"Bees'll buzz..."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What figurative language is used in this example?

"And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast

I'm never going back, the past is in the past

Let it go.."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What form of figurative language is being used in this song?

"Love is an open door."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What form of figurative language is used in this example?

"We must be swift as a coursing river..."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What form of figurative language is used in this example?

"Cause baby you're a firework

Come on show 'em what your worth"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What form of figurative language is used in this example?

"Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road

Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go

So make the best of this test and don't ask why

It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right

I hope you had the time of your life"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What form of figurative language is being used?

"Hello from the other side

I must have called a thousand times."

• hyperbole

• symbols

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What form of figurative language is being used?

"Your words cut deeper than a knife

Now I need someone to breathe me back to life."

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What form of figurative language is being used?

"Just like a moth drawn to a flame

Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4