Figurative Language

Select the best type of figurative language:

"Life is a journey"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Select the best type of figurative language:

"You are what you eat."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Select the best type of figurative language:

"He woke to an angry alarm clock."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Select the best type of figurative language:

"He is as fierce as a lion."

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Select the best type of figurative language:

"The test was a breeze."

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Select the best type of figurative language:

"The stars danced across the sky."

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Select the best type of figurative language:

"Her brain is the size of a pea."

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Select the best type of figurative language:

"He is older than the hills."

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the best type of figurative language:

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Select all that apply as the best type of figurative language:

"He eats like a buffalo."

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A