Figurative Language 2

My love is like a red, red rose.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The old mansion frowned down at us from on top of the hill.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The young boy was a skyscraper standing next to his friend.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

We had to wait forever!

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The cash register opened with a heart-warming ca-ching!

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The captain couldn't keep the men in the cabin.

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

That dress cost me an arm and a leg.

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Things became difficult in her life, but she just kept swimming.

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following contains a metaphor?

• The carefree child played happily in the park.

• Both birds and planes soared over the mountains.

• Cross your fingers for good luck!

• The snow is a white blanket covering the yard.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following contains an example of personification?

• The horse galloped along the trail.

• He was a big, bearlike man.

• A falling leaf danced in the wind.

• We could hear the flapping of the bird's wings.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A