Literary devices/figurative language

What is a simile? 

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

What is personification

• Giving human qualities to a human

• an extreme exaggeration

• a comparison of two unlike things

• Giving human qualities to a nonliving things

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

An onomatopoeia is...

• An exaggerated statement

• when all the first letters in a sentence are the same

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• The use of a word whose pronunciation is associated with the sound.

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• simile and personification

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

"Peter pranced playfully around the playground" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

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

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is this?
"You are as cuddly as a cactus; you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch."

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5