Figurative Language

The sun was a gleaming pearl.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the definition of smilie?

• comparing two unlike things

• two or more words with the same beginning sound

• When a group of words have a different meaning than what they actually say

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

After a busy day, Cammy couldn't wait to hit the hay.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does the hyperbole "his brain is the size of a pea" mean?

• He is not very smart

• He likes vegetables

• He is very smart

• He is not very big

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The curtain was waving to everyone every time the wind blew through the open window. What type of figurative langugae is used in this sentence?

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Teddy Tiger tried tying teepees together. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I like pancakes so much I could eat a million of them. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An exaggerated expression

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Jacob was a perfect angel during school.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D