Can You Figure It Out? (Figurative Language Review)

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example: The snow is a white blanket.

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example: I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example: The concert was a feast for the ears.

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example: The bees buzzed as they flew from flower to flower.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example: The wind whispered through the trees.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example: She's as busy as a one-legged cat in a sandbox.

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example: His voice was a foghorn, easily heard among the crowd.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example: The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example: He considered himself Romeo, hopelessly in love.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3