Figurative Language

Front

Identify the figurative language: 'The queue was as slow as a turtle in mud.'

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Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Figurative language example: My friend lacks tact and often hurts feelings, like a bull in a china shop.

Back

Idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Figurative language in: 'We stayed on the beach until the sun went down. The beach is our playground and the sun is our closing sign.'

Back

Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Choose the type of figurative language in: 'The flame danced, bending and reaching to music only it could hear.'

Back

Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Figurative language example: 'My mouth is on fire! I need water! I can’t believe that I just ate that habanero pepper.'

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Meaning of 'got off on the wrong foot' with a new teacher.

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Made a poor impression

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Meaning of 'between a rock and a hard place'

Back

Two choices, neither pleasant.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Meaning of 'let the cat out of the bag'

Back

To tell a secret

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Meaning of 'got up on the wrong side of the bed'

Back

To wake up in a bad mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Meaning of 'put her foot in her mouth'

Back

When a person says something they now regret

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B