What type of figurative language is defined as a comparison of two unlike things using like or as?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What type of figurative language is defined as a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as; stating one thing IS another thing?

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is defined as an extreme exaggeration?

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is defined as an extreme exaggeration?

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is defined as a saying which should not be taken literally?

• alliteration

• idiom

• metaphor

• rhyme

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language is defined as giving human qualities to something non-human?

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of figurative language does the following sentence contain?

I told my teacher he was the worst teacher in the whole world.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What might the following idiom mean?

Sarah asked her friend to stop beating around the bush and just tell her what happened.

• stop talking

• stop avoiding something

• going to sleep

• mowing the lawn

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What type of figurative language is the following an example of?

The sun was a glowing gem in the sky.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is the following an example of?

The wind smacked her in the face when she opened the door.

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D