Figurative Langugae

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?

The grasshopper scolded James for being scared.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of figurative language repeats the same sound in multiple words in a line? Silly Sam sat on a slippery seal.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which figurative language uses “like” or “as” to compare two unlike things?

• simile

• metaphor

• repetition

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

• buzz

• pop

• drip

• book

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The word “woeful” in this saying is an 

example of? 

“Oh, woeful, oh woeful, woeful, woeful day!

• alliteration

• simile

• repetition

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A type of figurative language that uses exaggeration to 

         make a point. "This backpack weighs a ton!"

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things that have something in common but do not use "like or as". My dad is a bear.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A group of words that cannot by understood merely by knowing the individual meaning of each word. It is raining cats and dogs outside is an example of...

• metaphor

• proverb

• hyperbole

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence:

“The tree shook its branches angrily.”

• metaphor

• personification

• repetition

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A

“Homework is a breeze,” is an example of which type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• repetition

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D