A _________ suggests that two different things are the same thing.

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A _________ uses like or as to make a comparison.

• simile
• idiom
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An _________ is a phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning.

• hyperbole
• simile
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

_________ is an exaggeration that can't possibly be true.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

_________ is a word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing.

• personification
• alliteration
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

_________ makes a non-human thing seem human.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

_________ is a repetition of a sound in a sentence or series of sentences.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• idiom
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the example with the correct type of figurative language.
Mrs. Weimer went walking on Wednesday with Paisley her Westie dog.

• metaphor
• simile
• idiom
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the example with the correct type of figurative language.
Ms. Dixon missed the free throw by a mile.

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Match the example with the correct type of figurative language.
Mrs. Hendrickson said that a little birdie told her that we were going to the Planetarium in the Spring.

• metaphor
• idiom
• simile
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B