Figurative Language Quiz

What is the definition of comparing two different things NOT using words such as 'like' or 'as'?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the definition of a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

• Imagery

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the definition of descriptive language that creates a picture in your mind?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the definition of a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of words that have the same beginning sounds together?

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of an expression that says one thing but means something else?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the definition of an extreme exaggeration used to make a point?

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the definition of a contrast between expectation and reality?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the definition of the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities?

• Allusion

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the definition of a word that imitates the sound it represents?

• Simile

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5