Figurative Language - May 10

Identify the figurative language. Soccer is all Leigh cares about. She is hoping her varsity team makes it to the state finals again this year

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Identify the figurative language. Maddie’s cousin from Minneapolis called her out of the blue to see if she wanted to come visit this summer.

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Identify the figurative language. “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances.” -William Shakespeare

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Identify the figurative language. After arguing with his sister, he had a chip on his shoulder for the rest of the vacation.

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Identify the figurative language. The clouds held their breath for a brief moment before letting loose upon the earth.

• simile

• personification

• Alliteration

• metaphor

Identify the figurative language. “Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary” -Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”

• simile

• personification

• Alliteration

• metaphor

Identify the figurative language. Is their an Einstein in your Science class?

• simile

• allusion

• Alliteration

• metaphor

Identify the figurative language. “I have told you a million times not to bounce that ball in the house,” said the tired mother to her active four year old.

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Identify the figurative language. “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day,” –William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18”

• simile

• personification

• Alliteration

• metaphor

Identify the figurative language. “And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain …” –Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”

• simile

• personification

• Alliteration

• metaphor