4th Grade Figurative Language Quiz

What is figurative language primarily used to do?

• Make writing more complicated
• Create vivid and imaginative descriptions
• Increase word count
• Confuse the reader

In the phrase 'Black bug bit a big black bear', what literary device is being used?

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Personification

A simile always uses which words to make a comparison?

• and
• with
• like or as
• then

Which of these is an example of a metaphor?

• She runs like the wind
• He has a heart of stone
• The cat is as soft as silk
• The wind whispers secrets

Personification gives human characteristics to:

• Only people
• Only animals
• Objects, animals, or things
• Only inanimate objects

An onomatopoeia is a word that:

• Describes a color
• Imitates a sound
• Compares two things
• Tells a story

What is a hyperbole?

• A type of measurement
• An exact description
• An exaggerated statement
• A scientific term

In the phrase 'The leaves danced in the wind', what literary device is used?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Alliteration

Which of these is an example of alliteration?

• The cat sat on the mat
• Silly Sally sells seashells
• He ran like the wind
• The sun is bright

An idiom is a phrase that:

• Cannot be translated literally
• Is always about animals
• Means exactly what it says
• Is only used in poetry