Figurative Language 2023

A phrase that can't be understood by looking at just its words is...

• onomatopoeia

• an idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Giving human qualities to something that is non-human is...

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A comparison between two unlike things that does not use "like" or "as" is...

• metaphor

• simile

• an idiom

• personification

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Words whose sounds suggest their meaning is...

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A comparison between two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as" to do so is...

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

An extreme exaggeration used to emphasize an idea or make a point is...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• an idiom

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

These lyrics utilize which type of figurative language?

"I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away.

I don't know where my soul is,

I don't know where my home is."

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

These lyrics utilize which TWO types of figurative language?

"I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire,

Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar."

There are TWO possible answers.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

These lyrics utilize which TWO types of figurative language?

"Another turning point,

A fork stuck in the road,

Time grabs you by the wrist,

Directs you where to go."

There are TWO possible answers.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

These lyrics utilize which type of figurative language?

"I'd catch a grenade for you,

Throw my head on a blade for you,

I'd jump in front of a train for you."

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A