Figurative Language Review

Match the definition to its vocab word:

A comparison that uses “like” or “as”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Match the definition to its vocab word:

A comparison that doesn’t use “like” or “as”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Match the definition to its vocab word:

Giving human qualities to something not human

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Match the definition to its vocab word:

A combination of words that mean something different from their literal meaning

• Denotation

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Match the definition to its vocab word:

The feeling given behind a word

• Simile

• Connotation

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Match the definition to its vocab word:

The dictionary definition of word

• Simile

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Identify the type of figurative language used:

She cried like a baby.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Identify the type of figurative language used:

You were as brave as a lion.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the type of figurative language used:

The little girl was as sweet as honey.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Identify the type of figurative language used:

This class is a zoo.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D