Figurative Language Quiz

What is a simile?

• The attribution of human qualities to an object, place, animal, or idea

• compares two unlike things using the words like or as.

• does not make comparisons.

• compares two unlike things but doesn't use the words like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read the song lyric and identify if it is a metaphor of simile.

• metaphor

• simile

• both

• neither

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read the above lyrics and identify if it is a simile or metaphor.

• metaphor

• simile

• both

• neither

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read the above lyrics and identify if it is a metaphor or simile.

• simile

• metaphor

• both

• neither

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• compares two unlike things using like or as.

• compares two like things using like or as.

• compares two unlike things but does not use like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Hyperbole uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"I'm as hungry as a horse." Identify the type of figurative language used.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"My backpack weighs a ton" What does this mean?

• The backpack is very heavy.

• The backpack is light.

• It has nothing to do with the backpack.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"I'm so tired I could sleep a year." What figure of speech is this?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Rachel is a walking encyclopedia.
Which figure of speech is this?

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D