Figurative Language and "On Turning Ten" Quiz

A comparison of two things stating that one thing IS the other.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Outrageous exaggeration made to emphasize a point.

• hyperbole

• simile

• oxymoron

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A common, often-used saying that isn't meant to be taken literally.

• pun

• idiom

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

"He was as cool as a cucumber" is an example of...

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Peter pranced playfully around the playground" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

"The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm" is an example of...

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"Her long hair is an ocean of waves" is an example of...

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D