Figurative Language Review

We ate ice cream cones that were a mile high!

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The snake hissed as it slid

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

That jacket costs an arm and a leg.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

An exaggerated statement to create a strong emotional response

• hyperbole

• idiom

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky.

• assonance

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A phrase that has a different meaning than what it sounds like.

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The wild walrus waits and wonders when we will whistle.

• simile

• assonance

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The magician got so mad, he pulled his hare out.

• idiom

• pun

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Sandy is as sweet as honey. In this simile, which two words are being compared?

• Sweet and honey

• Sandy and sweet

• Sandy and honey

• Sandy and bumble bee

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of an idiom?

• I have butterflies in my stomach

• Tammy talks to turtles

• I have a million things to do today!

• I am feeling as slow as a sloth.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B