Figurative Language Test

________ language is language that is used to convey meaning beyond the literal definition of a word.

• literal

• literary

• figurative

• figure

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The city was a jungle is an example of what?

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

As straight as an arrow is an example of what?

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which one is NOT an example of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

• horizons

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

It's raining like cats and dogs.

• Figurative language

• Literal tanguage

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"I have a mountain of homework to complete."

• Literal

• Figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Mrs Kunz likes reading fictions books.

• The sentence above is an example of simile.

• The sentence above is an example of metaphor.

• The sentence above is an example of personification.

• The sentence above is an example of hyperbole.

• This sentence above is NOT an example of any kind of figurative language.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Figurative language (4)

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which two phrases use figurative language?

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Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4