Freak the Mighty: Figurative Language

"They were always trying to throw a hug on me, like it was a medicine I needed."

What type of figurative language is being used here?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Moving fast, like the sun is chasing my heels..."

Which TWO types of figurative language are being used here?

• simile and metaphor

• metaphor and personification

• simile and personification

• allusion and metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

"He's about a thousand years old."

What type of figurative language is being used here?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"He's got a beard that looks like it's made out of red barbed wire."

What type of figurative language is being used here?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"We'll schedule installation of a new propulsion unit as soon as the Fair Gwen of Air gets a replacement."

What type of figurative language is used here?

• personification

• hyperbole

• allusion

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"It's cool and dim in there and you float like a cloud -- no, you are a cloud..."

What type of figurative language is used in the underlined phrase?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"It's cool and dim in there and you float like a cloud -- no, you are a cloud..."

What type of figurative language is used in the underlined phrase?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

"I can hear her breathing like a broken bird in the cellar dark."

What type of figurative language is being used here?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• allusion

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

"It's like the pencil is a piece of spaghetti or something and it keeps slipping away."

What type of figurative language is being used here?

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3