Figurative Language Final

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!
• No!
• Yes!
• Go!

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

These shoes take 50 million years to put on.

• imagery
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Tex was tickled as he tasted the tarantula's toes.

• alliteration
• repetition
• hyperbole
• imagery

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

A figure of speech in which and object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• personification
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• anecdote

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CCSS.L.6.5A

The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest, is an example of...

• A hyperbole/personification
• A metaphor/personification
• A simile/metaphor
• Personification/Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Time flies by!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

a reference to a person, place or event from history, literature, sports or the arts is called

• allusion
• metaphor
• idiom

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A group of words whose collective meaning is very different from their literal meaning (like it is raining cats and dogs)

• simile
• idiom
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B