Quiz on Figurative Language Terms

What TWO pieces of figurative language are in these lines? "My life is a dream, like a tiger waking from her deep sleep."

• personification and simile

• metaphor and onomatopoeia

• metaphor and simile

• hyperbole and personification

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"But when the trees bowed down their heads" is an example of

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• irony

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Literal language is different from figurative language because

• it is unclear.

• it can have more than one meaning.

• it means exactly what is said or written.

• it gives directions.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"I am dying of boredom" is an example of

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An example of onomatopoeia would be

• What?

• Ouch!

• I do not think that word means what you think it means.

• Sizzle

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This sentence is an example of what type of figurative language? "The icy winds teetered trash cans and turned my cheeks to marble."

• idiom

• alliteration

• metaphor

• symbolism

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which of the following is an example of symbolism in literature?

• a white dove representing peace

• a unicorn representing a princess

• happiness representing joy

• an idea becoming a reality

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of these is a proper example of alliteration?

• Phil likes people who can bake pies.

• Bill runs from Dave alone.

• Harry hates having hives.

• Denise leaves Alice sleeping.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which of these sentences contains an allusion?

• The smaller brother was like a pitbull; he was so fierce.

• The team's victory was a real Cinderella story.

• He drove to the office every day, but on the way home he dreamed of becoming an executive chef.

• The linebacker was a freight train barreling down the field on a collision course.

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

The idiom "That was a piece of cake!" means

• That was delicious!

• That was unexpected!

• That had frosting all over it!

• That was easy!

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B