Figurative Language Review

What is the term for a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal meanings of the words?

• Idiom

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the name of the literary device that uses words that imitate the sound they describe, such as "buzz" or "bang"?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which literary device is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same beginning sound in words close together?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

(DoK Level 3) Imagine you are writing a poem about a stormy night. Which two figures of speech could you combine to make your description more vivid, and how would you use them?

• Personification and onomatopoeia; e.g., "The thunder roared angrily as the rain drummed on the roof."

• Simile and oxymoron; e.g., "The night was as bright as a dark sun."

• Hyperbole and idiom; e.g., "I was so scared I could jump out of my skin, it was raining cats and dogs."

• Alliteration and metaphor; e.g., "Silent stormy skies sang softly."

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the use of vivid or descriptive language to create pictures in the reader's mind called?

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Pun

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following best demonstrates the use of a pun?

• A joke that uses words with double meanings

• A description that appeals to the senses

• A repeated vowel sound in a sentence

• An object representing an idea

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which literary device is defined as "using an object or idea to represent something else," as in the example "A heart represents love"?

• Symbolism

• Irony

• Personification

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which literary device is described as "when the opposite of what is expected happens or is said," as in "A fire station burns down"?

• Irony

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the definition of imagery?

• Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

• Giving animals or objects human characteristics

• Repetition of consonant sounds

• A joke using a word with multiple meanings

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5