Figurative Language Assessment

Compares two different things using the words “like” or “as”.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An extreme exaggeration.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that represents a sound.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Using very descriptive language.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Compares two different things without using the words “like” or “as”.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The same letter sound is repeated throughout a sentence.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

An expression where the words used, mean something different than you would find in the dictionary.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

Jonathon was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

The girl was as bright as the sun.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4