figurative language

Time flies by! 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.RL.5.4

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The sad student sat silently in the room. 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The dropped package skidded like an Olympic bobsled across the icy sidewalk.
What two things are being compared in this sentence’s simile?

• the package and the sidewalk
• the Olympics and the icy sidewalk
• the movement of the dropped package and a bobsled
• the way the package was dropped and the Olympics

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Sally is the sun in my life

• Sally is yellow.
• Sally is standing on the roof.
• Sally is important to me.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.4