Figurative language

A funny exaggeration is called a/an __________________.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

_________________ is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called ____________.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison using like or as is a/an ______________.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

A/an ________________ is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally.

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Words that resemble the sound they describe is _________.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A comparison of two nouns that don't use like or as is a/an _______________.

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The rain falls like the sun.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The fly buzzed past us.

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5