Figurative Language

I am dying of shame is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.4.5

This sentence is an example of what:  "I have a ton of homework."

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does this mean?

When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle.

• he is very slow

• he moves pretty quickly

• he still beats everyone

• he's super fast

"The Flash is fast like lightning." This is an example of...

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.4.5