Figurative Language Practice

Which two are examples of similes?

• Life is a highway

• Charles is brave like a lion

• Perry is as pretty as a picture

• Charlie's eyes are twinkling stars

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which two are examples of metaphors?

• Life is a highway

• Charles is brave like a lion

• Perry is as pretty as a picture

• Charlie's eyes are twinkling stars

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which are examples of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!

• Click!

• Hey!

• No!

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Sally's super silly sister is 12 years old.

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

• pun

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CCSS.L.8.5A

The food was so spicy Aiden's ears were smoking!

• explicit metaphor

• idiom

• implied metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A bicycle can't stand on its own because its two-tired.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• pun

• irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

I'm convinced that I'm growing smaller as I get older!

• irony

• hyperbole

• pun

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.8.5A

When I got on the plane, I had no idea the pilot had a fear of heights.

• explicit metaphor

• pun

• oxymoron

• irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

A woman barked a warning at her child.

• pun

• implied metaphor

• personification

• explicit metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

That brand new truck costs an arm and a leg!

• idiom

• pun

• irony

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B