Figurative Language

He was as soft as cotton.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Answer explanation

Similes are comparisons of one thing to another using the words "like" or "as".

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Glowing green globs of goo.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Answer explanation

Alliteration is the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

That video game blew my mind!

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Answer explanation

An idiom is a phrase or expression that cannot be taken literally.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The trees danced in the wind.

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Answer explanation

Personification is when you give human-like qualities to something that isn't human.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

She was a ray of sunshine.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

Answer explanation

Metaphors compare two things without using "like" or "as".

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I stomped in the puddle splashing water everywhere.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Answer explanation

Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with actions they refer to.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D