Figurative Language Quick Check

Compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An extreme exaggeration

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that represents a sound

• personification

• onomatapoeia

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

compares two things without using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the same beginning letter sound is repeated throughout a sentence

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

an expression where the words used, mean something different than you would find in the dictionary

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a reference to something from books, history or culture to express a point

• hyperbole

• personification

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

Jon was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

The girl was as bright as the morning sun.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D