Language Devices

The comparison of two things using "like" or "as" is called a..

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as" is called a....

• metaphor

• pun

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

"The sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect is called...

• pun

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Pop" and "splat" are examples of...

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"My grandfather's hands are road maps of wrinkles" is a...

• pun

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"My school bag weighs a ton" is an example of...

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

"The astronaut thinks that flying is too plane" is a

• simile

• pun

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"It will take forever to finish all this work" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The sea lashed angrily at the small boat" is an example of...

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A