Black Cowboys, Wild Horses & Figurative Language

"Black Cowboy, Wild Horses"

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Figurative language & "Black Cowboy, Wild Horses"

Language

Even though this is a short story & not poetry, it is very poetic because of the type of language that is used throughout the story to describe the setting, actions, & experiences. This language is referred to as figurative language; words or phrases that are meaningful, but not literally true.

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Multiple Choice

Figurative language can be taken literally.

• True

• False

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Idiom

Imagery

Onomatopoeia

Pun

Alliteration

Allusion

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Figurative language is [art of our everyday language.

​Types of Figurative Language

Figurative Language

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Multiple Choice

Which figurative language uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things that really aren't similar.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

Multiple Choice

The following sentence contains an example of which figurative language?

"Life is a highway"

• allusion

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Choose which figurative language is used in the story.

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Multiple Choice

As soon as the sun's round shoulders came over the horizon, Bob awoke.

• Personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Then the rain came as hard & stinging as remorse.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• allusiion

Multiple Choice

...stared at the land stretching as wide as love in every direction.

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Poll

...,land & sky kissed.

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

By mid-afternoon he could see the ribbon of river shining in the distance.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration