Figurative Language Quiz

What does the acronym I-SHAMPOO stand for in terms of figurative language?

• A) Idiom, Simile, Hyperbole, Allusion, Metaphor, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron

• B) Imagery, Symbolism, Homonym, Analogy, Metonymy, Pun, Overstatement, Understatement

• C) Irony, Sarcasm, Hyperbole, Allegory, Metonymy, Pun, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron

• D) Idiom, Stereotype, Homophone, Alliteration, Metaphor, Paradox, Onomatopoeia, Overstatement

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which figurative language type is defined as "a phrase not meant to be taken literally"?

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"We were as busy as a beehive" is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figurative language type involves "a comparison of objects or ideas using 'like' or 'as'"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"That lady's smile is a mile wide" is an example of:

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which type of figurative language is defined as "an exaggeration that can't possibly be true"?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The winner is quite the Cinderella story is an example of:

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What type of figurative language makes "a reference to something well-known"?

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"All the world's a stage" is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language type involves "a comparison of unlike things that says one thing is another"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D