Figurative Language CFA

Which of the following literary devices is being used in the sentence "The stars danced in the night sky"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the phrase "busy as a bee," what literary device is being used?

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"The thunder roared angrily" is an example of:

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which literary device is demonstrated in the phrase "She's as quiet as a mouse"?

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The leaves whispered secrets to each other" is an example of:

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which literary device is used in the phrase "cry over spilled milk"?

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

 "The water giggled as it flowed downstream" is an example of:

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

 "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of:

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of:

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

 Which literary device is being used in the sentence "Time flies when you're having fun"?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4