Figurative Language

 “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!” is an example of what figurative language device? 

• Hyperbole
• Personification 
• Simile 
• Metaphor 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"She soothed her secret sorrow." Choose the best answer: What figurative language device is being used in this sentence? 

• Alliteration 
• Personification 
• Hyperbole 
• Metaphor 

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The tropical storm slept for days". This is an example of what figurative language device? 

• Personification 
• Simile 
• Alliteration 
• Hyperbole 

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!" What type of figurative language is used here?

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Personification 
• Hyperbole 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Let us go forth and lead the land we love." This is an example of what type of figurative language? 

• Hyperbole 
• Theme 
• Alliteration 
• Metaphor 

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The students were like ants crowded around the pizza box." 
This is an example of a simile.

• True 
• False 

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Snap, crackle, and pop are examples of this. 

• Personification 
• Hyberbole 
• Onomatopeoia
• Simlie 

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CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This image depicts what figurative language device? 

• Imagery 
• Personification 
• Hyperbole 
• Alliteration 

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is this comic strip using a lot of? 

• onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole 
• Simlie 
• Alliteration 

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

• Personification 
• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3