Figurative Language

"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

"Achooo" is an example of what?

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

"My monkey is making me mighty mad" is an example of what?

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word means to compare two different  things but you suggest that they are the same thing.

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. 

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.K.3