Nearpod Activity: PSSA REVIEW – FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – 2016 – MRS. PILE
PSSA Review Questions and Answers – Figurative Language Review
Questions:
1. What type of figurative language is represented in this example? She bought shoes that were on sale for so
much less.
2. What type of figurative language is represented in this example? It took me 80,000 hours to make these review
games.
3. What type of figurative language is represented in this example? That joke was seriously funny!
4. What type of figurative language is represented in this example? The pencil jumped off of my desk when I
reached for it.
5. What type of figurative language is represented in this example? The colors in the room looked like a beautiful
rainbow.
6. What types of figurative language are represented in this example? All of the crystals on the chandelier sparkled
like a thousand diamonds shining in the dark night sky.
7. What type of figurative language is represented in this example? "Honey, life is just a classroom." - Taylor Swift
(New Romantics)
8. What types of figurative language are represented in this example? "Baby, we're the new romantics. Come on,
come along with me. Heart break is the national anthem. We sing it proudly." - Taylor Swift (New Romantics)
9. Which type of poetry has lines that vary in length and have no regular rhythm?
10. What does the use of rhythm do for a poem?
11. Which example has the strongest use of imagery?
12. What types of figurative language are represented in this example? "'Cause, baby, I could build a castle / out of
all the bricks they threw at me. / And every day is like a battle, / but every night with us is like a dream." - Taylor
Swift (New Romantics)
Nearpod Activity: PSSA REVIEW – FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – 2016 – MRS. PILE
Answers:
1. Alliteration
2. Hyperbole
3. Oxymoron
4. Personification
5. Simile
6. Imagery and Symbol
7. Metaphor
8. Repetition and rhyme
9. Free verse
10. Make it more song-like and musical
11. The sun was shining with such intensity and warmth that it felt like I was inside of a giant oven.
12. Simile and alliteration