Figurative Language Practice

Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

“The tree branches grabbed me as I walked quickly through the woods.”

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

“Gabriella is a princess when she wears her pretty, white dress.”

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which sentence contains a simile?

• Rachel smiled like a Cheshire Cat.

• Boyd was awake for a thousand hours.

• Our mayor was no Abe Lincoln.

• Farewell, my fair-haired friend.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Why does the author use figurative language in this sentence?

”John was like a cheetah as he ran around the track.”

• To show how much John liked running

• To show how much John liked Cheetahs

• To describe the track

• To describe John’s speed

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“Our History teacher assigned a million pages of homework to read last night.“

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

“Life is a highway. “

This sentence uses____________.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read the passage from the Shel Silverstein poem “Sick”. Then identify the HYPERBOLE.

”I cannot go to school today”

Said little Peggy Ann McKay

”I have the measles and the mumps,

A gnash, a rash and purple bumps.”

“My mouth is wet. My throat is dry.

I’m going blind in my right eye.

My tonsils are as big as rocks.

I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox. “

• “I cannot go to school today.”

• “My mouth is wet.”

• “My throat is dry.”

• “I’m going blind in my right eye.”

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which sentence uses personification?

• The man looked as if he were 1000 years old.

• Where’s the wicked witch?

• The fire hungrily ate the house.

• When he slept, the tiger was like a kitten.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

“The fresh snow was like an enormous white blanket."

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“The sun winked at us from behind the clouds.”

This sentence uses______.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A