Figurative Language Test

Figurative language has:

• Different levels of meaning

• Only one meaning

• No meaning at all

• The same meaning as literal language

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Why might an author use figurative language instead of literal language?

• To make their writing shorter

• To create deeper or more interesting meanings in their writing

• To avoid using figures of speech

• To make their writing less clear

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Imagine you read a sentence that says, "The classroom was a zoo." Using your understanding of figurative language, what does this sentence most likely mean?

• The classroom was empty

• The classroom had animals in it

• The classroom was very clean

• The classroom was very noisy and chaotic

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a simile?

• A type of poem

• A direct statement of fact

• An indirect comparison that typically uses like or as

• A list of items

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following words are commonly used in similes?

• If or then

• And or but

• Like or as

• When or where

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• Her smile was as bright as the sun.

• The sun is a star.

• She smiled brightly.

• The sun rose in the east.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Why is the sentence "She is as happy as a cat riding a unicorn through space" considered a simile?

• It uses rhyme

• It describes a real event

• It compares two things using "as"

• It is a metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• A word that imitates a sound.

• A type of exaggeration for effect.

• A question that does not require an answer.

• A direct comparison between two objects or concepts.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The classroom was as noisy as a zoo.

• The classroom was a zoo.

• The classroom was very noisy.

• The classroom had many students.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figure of speech is used in the sentence: "Her long hair was a flowing golden river"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A