Figurative Language

Only the moon watched as the girl ran away from home in the middle of the night.

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Before he was allowed to go to the movies, he had to wash a million dishes by hand

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The eyes are a window to the soul; when she looked at him from across the room, she knew then that she was in love.

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Our brains are like computers: capable of massive amounts of knowledge, but too often distracted by cat videos.

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a comparison made between things, which are essentially not alike?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Symbolism
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“Jamie runs as fast as the wind.”

• Cliche
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“My eyes widened at the sight of the mile-high sundaes we were having for dessert.”

• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

When something that is not human is given human-like qualities, this is known as what?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Onomatopoeia is...

• When the name of an action imitates the sound associated with it
• When the name of a person is not spelled how it sounds
• When the name of an action is the same name as the person who wrote the definition
• When the name of an action imitates the look associated with it

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

If somebody says "We need to address the elephant in the room," they're using which figurative language device?

• Idiom
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B