Figurative Language Practice

My little sister is a monster when she hasn’t had a nap.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He's really on the ball!

• Simile 
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I was as sick as a dog on the day of the test.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

She was on top of the world when she got the lead in the play.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The tropical storm slept for two days.

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Silently, softly, the swan swam on the lake.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The tree shook its branches angrily. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?

• simile
• personification
• alliteration
• onomatopeoia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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
• onomatopeoia
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a phrase that means something very different from the literal meaning
example: "up the creek without a paddle" means being in the middle of a problem or tough situation

• alliteration
• simile
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
example: "The thump, boom, bang of my sister hitting tennis balls against our garage door was very irritating."

• assonance
• onomatopoeia
  onomatopoeia
• oxymoron
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5