Figurative Language

Figurative Language

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English

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11th - 12th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS
L.4.5A, L.6.5A, L.11-12.5A

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Figurative language: "Another hornet buzzed into my ear, and it felt like someone had poured hot wax into my brain."

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Figurative language in: "Mama, my finger. An angry thorn stabbed me," said Esperanza. "Bad luck," said Mama, confirming the superstition, but she half-smiled.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Figurative language in: "He raised himself and crawled out of the water, his legs on fire."

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Figurative language: "He says I'm a regular onion! I keep him busy peeling away the layers."

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Figurative language in: "We can't see those city lights and I love the way you look in a firefly glow, saying everything without making a sound."

Back

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Figurative language in: "The second I opened the closet door, Stradlater's tennis racket fell on my head. It made a big clunk and it hurt."

Back

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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