Figurative Language/Poetic Devices

"Greta Gruber grabbed a group of green grapes" is what type of figurative language?

• rhyme

• paradox

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"The cat meowed at the bird as it flew by" uses what type of figurative language?

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"I was so hungry that I even ate the plate!" is what type of figurative language?

• paradox

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"The oil danced in a pan" is what type of figurative language?

• paradox

• hyperbole

• repetition

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"His nose was as red as a rose" is what type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open" is what type of figurative language?

• hyperbole

• paradox

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"The snake would not stop hissing at me" is what type of figurative language?

• rhyme

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course" is what type of figurative language?

• allusion

• personification

• repetition

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"I wore a shiny new bow upon my head. I began to grow and it fit me no more" is what type of figurative language?

• repetition

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"I'd like to jump into the ocean. / But don't dump me in instead." is what type of RHYME?

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme