Night by Elie Wiesel Figurative Language Review

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "They think I'm mad," he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes.

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "We returned to our places, shame in our souls but fear gnawing at us nevertheless."

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "We were withered trees in the heart of the desert."

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "One day, as we returned from work, we saw three gallows, three black ravens, erected on the Appelplatz."

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "The race seemed endless; I felt as if I had been running for years."

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "I felt that I had lost that foot. It had become detached from me like a wheel fallen off a car."

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "The lament spread from wagon to wagon. It was contagious."

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "I gave him what was left of my soup. But my heart was heavy."

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me."

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "The beloved objectrs we had carried with us...were now left behind in the wagon, and with them, our illusions."

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• syllepsis

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3