Figurative Language

Figurative Language is used by writers to _____________.

• confuse readers

• help readers better understand an idea

• make readers think harder

• make the writing sound better

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language is this?

This coffee shop is an ice box!

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is this?

I've told you a million times to clean your room!

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is this?

We're up, wide-eyed, and wondering while we wait for others to wake.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of Figurative Language is this?

The burning wood hissed and crackled.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of Figurative Language is this?

The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of figurative language is this?

He was on cloud nine after he won first place in the competition.

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What type of figurative language is this?

The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.

• personification

• imagery

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the meaning of this simile?

My mouth was as dry as a bone.

• I ate a bone.

• The bone was too dry.

• My mouth was very dry.

• Bones are dry when they are in your mouth.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Why would an author use this figurative language sentence?

Her head was spinning from all the new information.

• To show how a girl's head looked.

• To tell that new information makes your head spin.

• To tell the reader that the girl has a wobbly head.

• To let readers know that the girl has many thoughts going through her head.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4