Figurative Language/Tone/Mood/Test Review

What type of figurative language is in the sentence below?

The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Why is the sentence in number 1 personification?

The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice.

• The hockey player ran across the ice

• The puck lost his control

• The hockey player hid in the locker room

• The puck ran across the ice

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of figurative language is the sentence below?

The snow on the hill was powdered sugar.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Why is the sentence in number 3 a metaphor and NOT a simile?

The snow on the hill was powdered sugar.

• It has like in the sentence.

• compares two things without using like or as

• shows extreme exaggeration

• repeats consonant sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is the sentence below?

Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the difference between alliteration and repetition?

• alliteration uses like or as and repetition does not

• repetition repeats consonant sounds and alliteration repeats words

• repetition repeats words and alliteration repeats consonant sounds

• repetition shows extreme exaggeration and alliteration does not

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is the sentence below?

The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Why is this NOT a simile?

The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.

• It uses like in the sentence

• It does not use like or as

• It uses repetition

• It uses exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is the sentence below?

The running shoe danced as the runner neared the finish line.

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What makes this personification?

The running shoe danced as the runner neared the finish line.

• The runner danced

• The runner neared the finish line

• The shoe danced

• the finish line danced

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A