Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• compares two like things using the words like or as.

• compares two unlike things using the words like or as.

• compares two unlike things but doesn't use the words like or as.

• does not make comparisons.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Read the song lyric and identify if it is a metaphor of simile.

• metaphor

• simile

• both

• neither

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the above lyrics and identify if it is a simile or metaphor.

• metaphor

• simile

• both

• neither

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the above lyrics and identify if it is a metaphor or simile.

• simile

• metaphor

• both

• neither

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a metaphor?

• compares two unlike things using like or as.

• compares two like things using like or as.

• compares two unlike things but does not use like or as.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Hyperbole uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"I'm as hungry as a horse." Identify the type of figurative language used.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

"My backpack weighs a ton" What does this mean?

• The backpack is very heavy.

• The backpack is light.

• It has nothing to do with the backpack.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"I'm so tired I could sleep a year." What figure of speech is this?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Identify the type of figurative language being used.

• onomotopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5