Figurative Language Review

Identify the correct definition for a METAPHOR

• Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects

• Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

• A play on words

• Comparing 2 objects using a form of "IS"

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.8.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

Identify which figurative language technique is being used in the following sentence:

WE HEARD THE BOOMING THUNDER THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SKY.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.3.10D

Identify the correct definition of PERSONIFICATION.

• To give human-like qualities to non-human objects

• Using exaggeration to prove a point

• A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally

• Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.LG.2I

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.E2.2B

TEKS.ELA.E4.7B

Identify the figurative language technique that is used in the following sentence.

THE SOUND OF THE ALARM SCARED ME TO DEATH!

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Pun

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E1.6

TEKS.ELA.E3.6

TEKS.ELA.E4.6

Identify the figurative language technique that matches the following definition.

A PLAY ON WORDS

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Pun

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.RI.2C

TEKS.ELA.5.3D

Which of the following sentences is a SIMILE?

• I saw a snake as I was walking to school this morning.

• The snow-covered roads were as slippery as soap.

• She was nervous as she walked to her class because she did not do her homework.

• I like pizza.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

Identify the following sentence that contains PERSONIFICATION.

• The book fell out of my hands.

• I dropped the book as I was walking.

• The book jumped out of my hands.

• I lost my balance, and the books plunged to the floor.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E1.6

TEKS.ELA.E2.6

TEKS.ELA.E4.6

Identify the figurative language technique in the following sentence.

NOT ALL MATH PUNS ARE TERRIBLE--ONLY SUM.

• Pun

• Idiom

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.RI.2C

TEKS.ELA.5.3D

Identify the definition below that matches IDIOM.

• A word that sounds like its meaning

• A play on words

• Two or more words beginning with the same consonant sound in a sentence or line of poetry

• A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E1.6

TEKS.ELA.E2.6

TEKS.ELA.E3.6

Identify the figurative language technique below that means COMPARING 2 OBJECTS USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.10D