Figurative Language Check

After trying for a decade to grow a sweeter apple, the

company has finally developed a new variety that is bright

red and as sweet as honey.

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

During the Great Fire of London, flames leapt across the

city, devouring more than 13,000 homes and 87 churches.

• onomatopoeia

• pun

• personification

• euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Hundreds of excited people gathered in the park for the

fireworks show and stayed until the last sizzle and pop of

light faded from the sky.

• alliteration

• paradox

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Saturday evening, the men’s football team completed the

last chapter in their Cinderella story by defeating the

highest ranked team in the final seconds of the game.

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Chocolate companies need high-quality cacao beans, but

finding those beans can prove difficult. “Sometimes we

have to go to the moon and back to find the perfect cacao

tree,” remarked the chairman in a recent interview.

• hyperbole

• pun

• verbal irony

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The governor, a looming tower of a man, was re-elected

this fall.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When the seas got stormy, the captain needed more assistance and called for all hands on deck.

• simile

• allusion

• synecdoche

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song.

• synecdoche

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sun kissed my cheeks when I went outside.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Because she refused to use her locker, her backpack weighed a ton, causing her to hunch as she walked down the hall.

• hyperbole

• simile

• synecdoche

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A