Figurative Language Quiz

What is figurative language?

• Language that creates images or effects beyond the literal meaning of words

• Language that is always literal and straightforward

• Language that only uses metaphors

• Language that avoids any form of comparison

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does an analogy do?

• Creates a comparison by showing how two seemingly different entities are alike

• Represents something else

• Describes nonhuman objects as human

• Uses extreme exaggeration for effect

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is symbolism?

• Something that represents something else

• A direct statement of fact

• A type of irony

• A form of exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is dramatic irony?

• When the audience knows information that the characters do not

• When a character says one thing but means the opposite

• When the outcome is different than what the audience expects

• When two things are compared using 'like' or 'as'

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is verbal irony?

• When a character says one thing but means the opposite

• When the audience knows information that the characters do not

• When the outcome is different than what the audience expects

• When something represents something else

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is situational irony?

• When the outcome is different than what the audience expects

• When a character says one thing but means the opposite

• When the audience knows information that the characters do not

• When two things are compared using 'like' or 'as'

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is an allusion?

• An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing

• A direct statement of fact

• A form of exaggeration

• A type of irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is imagery?

• Language that portrays sensory details to create an image

• Language that is always literal and straightforward

• Language that avoids any form of comparison

• Language that only uses metaphors

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is hyperbole?

• Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect

• A direct statement of fact

• A type of irony

• A form of comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is alliteration?

• When two or more words in a group begin with the same sound

• A form of exaggeration

• A type of irony

• A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4