Figurative Language

Is the following sentence as simile or metaphor?

Her hands were as cold as ice after the hayride.

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following sentences gives the flame human qualities:

The candle flame danced in the dark.

So, what type of the figurative language being used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The following sentence is exaggerating:

Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.

So, what type of figurative language is it?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?

The dancer's hands fluttered like wings.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I was so hungry I could eat a horse.

• hyperbole

• not hyperbole

His new car was as fast as my dad's truck.

• hyperbole

• not hyperbole

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

This sentence appeals to which sense:

The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.

• taste
• sound
• sight
• smell

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4