Figurative Language Refresher

Which type of figurative language is used here:

He was a diminutive mouse of a man

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which type of figurative language is used here:

Essential issues beyond our estimation

• Personification

• Allusion

• Repitition

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This class is going down like the Titanic

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

He was stern, straightforward, and soft spoken

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I never promised I would never leave you

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I hear the whisper of the woods calling me to explore her depths

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

They were like a swarm of angry bees

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sting brings back chilling memories

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Look at this Frankenstein of a car, how does it even keep running?

• Simile

• Personification

• Allusion

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A sudden stillness filled the air

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4