Poetry: Figurative Language

Which is an example of alliteration?

• I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!

• "Watch the way the word-web weaves"

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

"He's running faster than the wind" is an example of which element of figurative language?

Verbal irony is:

• Exaggerating a statement

• Saying the opposite of what you mean

• Suggests different things are the same thing

• A word that sounds like the thing it is describing

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"The plane soared across the sky like a bird" is an example of which element of figurative language?

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Figurative language that exaggerates is:

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Give an example of onomatopoeia.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• "This bag weighs a ton"

• "Eyes on me"

• "A river of tears"

• "She cried like a baby"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The early bird gets the worm" is an example of which element of figurative language?

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

"The wind roared" is an example of:

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Proverb

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

An analogy is:

• Figurative language that gives advice or states a well-known truth

• A detailed comparison of two different things

• Figurative language that means something different than its a literal meaning

• Saying the opposite of what you mean

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9