Figurative Language Test

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• idiom

• personification

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Repetition of consonant sounds

• simile

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A contrast between expectation and reality

• flashback

• irony

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• onomatopoeia

• foreshadowing

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• imagery

• metaphor

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• allusion

• symbol

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4