Figurative Language Review

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A word that is a sound

• An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"

is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

"I am so hungry, I could eat a horse. "

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Jeremy clammed up when he thought others would tease him about his ideas.

What is the meaning of this figurative language?

• Jeremy kept his ideas to himself.

• Jeremy enjoyed fishing.

• Jeremy spoke freely.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

What type of figurative language is used here?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

"Shawn would move mountains for Angela."

What's the meaning of this hyperbole?

• Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together.

• Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes.

• Shawn would do anything for Angela.

• Angela is really pretty.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4