Figurative Language Check

Janie read a book by the babbling brook.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Both bees and buzzers buzz.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

John’s answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I’ve seen this movie at least 80,000 times.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Her hair was as soft as a spider web.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The teacher heard the distinct crunch of ruffled potato chips.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

My dad is always working.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Most monsters don’t mind making messes.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The candy was killing my cavity.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4