Figurative language

What form of figurative language is being used in this example?

"Your heart starts beating like a big brass band."

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.

• The stars are expensive.
• The stars are not out tonight.
• The stars were bright and sparkling.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

• The room

• The orange

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

• alliteration
• repetition
• idiom
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The surf surged up as the sun swept the shore.

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Homework is a breeze.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What form of figurative language is used in this example?

"We must be swift as a coursing river..."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. 

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasize an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5