Figurative Language

The rain ran down the road. 

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!
• No!
• Yes!
• Go!

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Ka-Pow!

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Her hair was like a nest.

• hyperbole

• adage

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Nick was dying of curiosity.

• personification

• hyperbole

• adage

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Sally sold her sister's socks to Susan.

• adage

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

"The city was a jungle." is an example of what type of figurative language?

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The flames ate hungrily at the burning houses.

• idiom
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4