Figurative Language Review

A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a(n)...

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A comparison without using "like" or "as" is called a(n)...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Descriptions appealing to the five senses is referring to...

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Giving human qualities to nonhuman objects is called...

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

This term is a SYNONYM for "exaggeration"

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A common expression that means something different from its literal interpretation is referring to a(n)...

• Simile

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The use of objects to represent ideas or qualities is called...

• Simile

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"The alligator's teeth are white daggers." This is an example of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The snow was a blanket covering the ground." This is an example of...

• Imagery

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Running the mile was like climbing Mount Everest." This is an example of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D