HOMS Figurative Language

Front

Identify the literary device in: 'I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor.'

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

Identify the literary device in: The taxi door opened like a waiter's arm.

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Identify the literary device in: 'My papa's hair is like a broom. My hair is lazy; it never obeys barrettes.'

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

Identify the literary device in: The boys and girls live in separate worlds.

Back

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Identify the literary device in: 'Bricks are crumbling, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in.'

Back

sensory details

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Identify the literary device in: "The mother's feet, lump and polite, descended like white pigeons from the sea of pillow..."

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Identify the literary device in: Push, pull. Push, pull. POOF!

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Identify the literary device in: "Up, up up the stairs..."

Back

repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3