Figurative Language Test

A comparison without using "like" or "as" is called a/an

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called

• personification

• alliteration

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the most appropriate type of figurative language for the item below.

The angry bee buzzed right past our heads!

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Choose the most appropriate type of figurative language for the item below.

Charming children chat in the chilly chambers.

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My brother and I fight like cats and dogs all the time.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

1. Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Despite being 85, my grandmother's mind is as sharp as a razor.

• simile

• metaphor

• symbolism

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

He studies all the time and is a regular Einstein.

• allusion

• euphemism

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

• Rachel ran right until she realized she was running round and round.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Some people are calling me the Tiger Woods of miniature golf.

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4