Figurative Language

Which figurative language is it? "Another hornet buzzed into my ear, and it felt like someone had poured hot wax right down into my brain."

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which figurative language is it?

"Mama, my finger. An angry thorn stabbed me," said Esperanza. "Bad luck," said Mama, confirming the superstition, but she half-smiled."

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which figurative language is it?

"He raised himself and crawled out of the water, his legs on fire."

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which figurative language is it?

"He says I'm a regular onion! I keep him busy peeling away the layers."

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language is it?

"We can't see those city lights and I love the way you look in a firefly glow, saying everything without making a sound."

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language is it?

"The second I opened the closet door, Stradlater's tennis racket--in its wooden press and all -- fell right on my head. It made a big clunk and it hurt."

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Irony

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A