Language Skills Review

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is a simile?

• She is a shining star.

• He runs like the wind.

• The sun smiled down on us.

• I've told you a million times.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the metaphor in the following sentence: "Time is a thief."

• Time

• Is

• A thief

• 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

Which example contains hyperbole?

• He's as slow as a snail.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• She's the light of my life.

• The car whispered down the lane.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What does the idiom "It's raining cats and dogs" mean?

• It is literally raining small animals.

• It is raining very heavily.

• It is a noisy rain.

• It is a confusing situation.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Choose the sentence that uses personification.

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• The calculator was very helpful.

• They ran quickly through the park.

• The book was on the table.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which sentence is an example of a metaphor?

• The clouds are cotton balls in the sky.

• The clouds are like cotton balls in the sky.

• The clouds look fluffy.

• The clouds moved quickly across the sky.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does the idiom "break a leg" mean?

• To literally fracture one's leg.

• To wish someone good luck.

• To stop walking.

• To end a journey.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Identify the hyperbole in the following sentence: "I had a ton of homework."

• I had

• A ton

• Of homework

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an example of literal language?

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• I could sleep for a year.

• The apple was as red as a rose.

• He held the door open for her.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4