Summer of the Monkeys: Figurative Language

What type of figurative language is represented in this statement? "Once Mama made up her mind, she wouldn't have budged an inch from a buzzing rattler."

• onomatopoeia and hyperbole

• onomatopoeia and simile

• hyperbole and metaphor

• metaphor and alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"A cry rang out through the bottoms like a blacksmith's anvil," shows what types of figurative language?

• metaphor and simile

• idiom and onomatopoeia

• simile and onomatopoeia

• metaphor and personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Just then a warm summer breeze whispered down from the hills." shows what type of figurative language?

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"Sally Gooden could stand flatfooted and jump out of a well," shows what type of figurative language?

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

"I didn't make any more noise than a lizard waking on a rail fence," shows what type of figurative language?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"A big grinning Ozark moon crawled out of nowhere," shows what type of figurative language?

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

" Mama puffed-up like a settin' hen in a hail storm," shows what type of figurative language?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"My eyes got as big as bur oak acorms," shows what type of figurative language?

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"When Grandpa mentioned the reward, I completely flew out of gear," shows what type of figurative language?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Looking as pleased as a possum in a hen house," shows what type of figurative language?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3