Figurative Language

What is an extreme exaggeration?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is where an author gives human qualities to non-human things such as animals or objects?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is A common expression that doesn't mean exactly (literally) what it says?

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning; sound words?

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is an implied comparison without signal words; comparing one thing to another?

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the repetition (repeating) of consonant sounds?

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?

"I have a million things to do for homework!"

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?

"Bang!  Snap! Pop! Sizzle!"

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?

"My hands were as cold as ice after sledding."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D