Figurative Language- Look Both Ways

Who is the author of Look Both Ways?

• Jason Reynolds

• Lauren Tarshis

• Rick Riordan

• John Green

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

An extreme exaggeration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison of two or more things using the words "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A comparison of two or more things without using the words "like" or as", more direct.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Using human qualities or characteristics to describe non human things.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is this an example of?

"The smell of feet wafting up from it like a cloud of dust, unsettled."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is this an example of?

"For him, the hallway was a minefield..."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is this an example of?

"Satchmo's stomach dropped to his feet."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of the following is this an example of?

"They let the experience wash over them like a wave of boiling water."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is this an example of?

"He was a walking anvil with a happy gappy smile..."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5