Figurative Language

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• She was white as a ghost

• Buzz

• Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Peppers

• Break a leg

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Chliche

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He has been walking for days and days, when he has only been walking for 5 minutes is an example of:

• Idiom

• Simile

• Cliche

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This sentence is an example of what:  "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass."

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet.

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The pencil danced across the paper

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Life is like a box of chocolates

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My dad is a bear without his coffee

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• symbol

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A