Figurative Language Review

What is figurative language?

• Language that has one literal meaning

• Language that uses extremely advanced vocabulary

• Language with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

• Language that communicates complicated concepts and ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"I nearly died laughing" is an example of what?

• Assonance

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• Break a leg

• She was white as a ghost

• Buzz Buzz

• Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Define hyperbole

• An overused phrase

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• An over exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Cliche

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"Look outside! Its raining cats and dogs!" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The quote from the popular Owl City song, "You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep," is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"You are the thunder, and I am the lightning," is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Chliche

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two unlike things?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Cliche

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman object or animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A