Figurative Language Review

"Life is like a box of chocolates" is considered what type of figurative language?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A ​ (a)   is a comparison between two unlike things using the words ​ (b)   or ​ (c)   .

• simile
• like
• as
• metaphor
• but
• how
• hyperbole
• has

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

When a writer gives an animal or an object qualities or abilities that only a human can have?

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Comparing to unlike things by saying that one thing is another thing.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When two or more words close together in a story or poem start with the same consonant sound.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Using extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while."

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The wind is howling like the swirling storm inside..." is personification and ___________.

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Tick-tock on the clock, but the party don't stop

• repetition

• symbolism

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Answer explanation

the word "tick-tock" sounds like the sound of a clock

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"She's just a girl, and she's on fire

Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway

She's living in a world, and it's on fire"

Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire

(Select 2)

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A