Figurative Language

I'm a rocket.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

My sister uses so much makeup that she broke the chisel trying to get it off last night.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

 The Statue of Liberty is so big, when I looked up, I almost got whiplash.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The west wind dances down the road.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

____________________ is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A comparison that does use like or as is a/an  ____________________.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A comparison of two things that does not use like or as is a/an  ____________________.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The sunflowers nodded their heads.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The snow is a white blanket covering the grass.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3