Figurative Language in Thirst

Which type of figurative language is used?

"Sanjay and I sit on the top of the hill and stare out at the huge, neverending Arabian Sea (1)."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Answer explanation

The Arabian Sea isn't really neverending. It just seems that way to Minni.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Our father has told us a million times over the years. If you invite trouble, it will come. It will stay for chai and for dinner (5)." (Note: There are TWO answers)

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Faiza will help you look like Shah Rukh Khan -- then you can be the next king of Bollywood. You won't regret it (20)."

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Water is life (41)."

• allusion

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"Her dreams were as tall as the sea link bridge and as deep as the ocean (86)."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Gully Boy plays on the screen (100)."

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

Answer explanation

Gully Boy is a popular Bollywood show.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The computer class opened a door into a fairy-tale world, and I forgot my reality (103)." (Note: There are TWO answers.)

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"Rohini says you never stop talking (117)."

• idiom

• allusion

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"As I walk to work, I drag the words Fail, Failed, Failure like a weight around my ankles (107)." (Note: There are TWO answers.)

• simile

• allusion

• personfication

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Anita Ma'am's room feels like a refrigerator with its air conditioning turned up (107)."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3