Figurative Language Review

"I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!" What type of figurative language is used here?

• Hyperbole

• Personificiton

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The wind roared" is an example of

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Justin is a library full of information about baseball. What type of figurative language is in this sentence?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Silly sally sang a silly summer song.

• Idiom

• Personfication

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Everyone was really nervous because it was the first day of school. The teacher wasn't worried, because she had some activities planned that would help to break the ice." This contains what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"Drip, Drop, Drip, Drop went the rain drops falling on the roof of the house." What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"As they sat on the soft, sugary sand beach waiting for the sunset, the sinking sun shimmered on the water as the blue sky transformed into various shades of purple and pink." This sentence contains ____________.

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Cookies and cakes called to him from the display case, "Eat us up!"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"Kaylee calmly carried her cat into the car" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4