Figurative Language

Which one of these examples are a Metaphor?

• My roommate is going through a rollercoaster of emotions.

• His skin is leathery.

• The assistant was as busy as a bee when she was preparing the podium for the presidential address.

• You are so slender that the wind can carry you away.

Choose 2 answers that are Hyperboles.

• The radio stared at me.

• I have told you a million times to wash the dishes.

• The new neighbor is as curious as a cat; nothing escapes her attention.

• The afternoon is so bright that the sun would have to wear sunglasses.

Which one if these answers are a Onomatopoeia?

• You snore like a freight train.

• The alarm clock buzzed at the time I was going to the bathroom.

• Bread can be used to refer to food in general or money.

• The car brakes screamed all through the journey.

Personification

• Nonhuman objects with human characteristics

• Words to show sounds

• Exaggerated statements

• The dictionary definition

Mary's voice is the music to my ears.

• A) Idiom

• B) Pun

• C) Hyperbole

• D) Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The wind was howling like a wolf.

• A. metaphor

• B. Idiom

• C. Simile

• D. Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Peter Piper picked a pair of peppers.

• A) Simile

• B) Hyperbole

• C) Alliteration

• D) Pun

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When the Wind is low, and the sea is soft, and the heat-lightning plays

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• simile and personification
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Children and dogs and houses bloom
like crowded flowers,
This is an example of: 

• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5