Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole Practice

Is the following sentence as simile or metaphor?

Her hands were as cold as ice after the hayride.

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?

The dancer's hands fluttered like wings.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The following sentences gives the flame human qualities:

The candle flame danced in the dark.

So, what type of the figurative language being used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The following sentence is exaggerating:

Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.

So, what type of figurative language is it?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The following sentence gives human qualities to the thunder and the raindrops:

Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.

So, what type of figurative language is it?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The following sentence uses "like" or "as" to compare her head to dying flower.

She hung her head like a dying flower.

So, what type of figurative language is used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The following sentence gives human qualities to the sunflowers:

The sunflowers nodded in the wind.

So, what type of figurative language is used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The following sentence is exaggerating:

Tanya never stops talking.

So, what type of figurative language is being used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The following sentence uses "like" or "as" to compare.

Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song.

What type of figurative language is being used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The following sentence gives human qualities to something that isn't human:

The train screamed down the tracks.

What type of figurative language is being used?

• 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