Figurative Language Practice

What is a simile?

• Comparing two things using like or as

• Sound effect words

• An extreme exaggeration

• Comparing two things NOT using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is alliteration?

• An extreme exaggeration

• Comparing two things using like or as

• Repeated letter sounds at the beginning of words

• A common expression that cannot be taken literally

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An extreme exaggeration is called...

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a metaphor?

• A common expression that cannot be taken literally

• Sound effect words

• Comparing two things NOT using like or as

• Comparing two things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is onomatopoeia?

• An extreme exaggeration

• Sound effect words

• Comparing two things using like or as

• Repeated letter sounds at the beginning of words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Giving human qualities to something that is not a human is called...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A common or popular expression that cannot be taken literally is called...

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The moon smiled at me.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

I am as hungry as a bear.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Don't let the cat out of the bag!

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B