Figurative Language Practice

A comparison between 2 things using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Using descriptive words in writing to create an image in your head. It appeals to your 5 senses.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• imagery

Giving human characteristics and qualities to an object, animal, or concept

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

An exaggerated statement that cannot happen

• hyperbole

• rhyme

• rhythm

• personification

Definition: A direct comparison made by stating that one thing is something else-without using like or as.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Identify the type of figurative language:

I have a ton of homework this weekend.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Identify the type of figurative language:

They dived in at the mouth of the river.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Identify the type of figurative language:

The world is your stage.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

Identify the type of figurative language:

Traffic slowed to a crawl.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Simile

"Richard brushed and flossed his teeth like clockwork to avoid the wrath of the dentist’s tools, so the news that he had four cavities certainly took him by surprise."

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Oxymoron