Figurative Language in 'Good Masters! Sweet Ladies'

What type of figurative language is this?

"His father was a giant of a man" ('Taggot, the Blacksmith's Daughter')

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

What type of figurative language is this?

"The shriek like hawks all day long" ('Barbary, the Mudslinger')

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What type of figurative language is this?

"The prettiest dress I ever saw" ('Barbary, the Mudslinger')

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What type of figurative language is this?

"The sight of the wound, would sicken your stomach and soften your heart" ('Giles, the Beggar')

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What type of figurative language is this?

"I may live fifty years and not see him again" (Taggot, the Blacksmith's Daughter')

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What's the literal meaning of the following?

"Fleas leaping hurdles" (Lowdy, the Varlet's Child)

• The fleas are making her itchy

• There are always fleas jumping around on her body

• There are fleas in her food

• Fleas are jumping hurdles

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

"His eyes were dark as rivers" ('Taggot, the Blacksmith's Daughter) is an example of a?

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What type of figurative language is this?

"The green leaves swam in the sky" ('Hugo, the Lord's Nephew')

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"Her veil was snow white" ('Barbary, the Mudslinger') is an example of a?

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which monologue have you enjoyed reading the most so far and why?

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.7