Figurative Language Practice

The wind spoke its ancient secrets to me. 

• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

It's raining cats and dogs out here!

• Idiom
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Life is a highway. I'm gonna ride it all night long. 

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Onomatopeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Exaggeration is

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A simile compares two items using like or as

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Giving an non human item human qualities is

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Stating one thing is something it is not-

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Mothers will defend their kids like a fierce lion.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Hunger sits next to her, a constant friend.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4