Figurative Language

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"You are the thunder, and I am the lightning," is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Euphemism

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which type of figurative language is used in the following Beatles song, "Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter?"

• Personification

• Imagery

• Euphemism

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two unlike things?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Cliche

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of ____________________.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"The sunlight kissed her head as the gentle breeze whispered in her ear." This is an example of ____________and _______________.

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A common, often-used saying that isn't meant to be taken literally.

• Euphemism

• idiom

• hyperbole

• Imagery

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"Her long hair is an ocean of waves" is an example of...

• personification

• Idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4