Figurative Language and Word Choice Practice

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What's the meaning of this metaphor?
"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."

• Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.
• Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.
• Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.
• After the game, a tornado hit.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The idiom "Every cloud has a silver lining" means..

• Every cloud is outlined in silver
• It was a great movie with Jennifer Lawrence 
• Even difficult days will turn out for the better
• Move on with life

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Identify the sentence below that is a METAPHOR.

• My new bike is as fast as a race car!

• My new bike can go around the world in an hour!

• My new bike is a jet plane because it goes so fast!

• My new bike is the fastest bike ever in the history of time!

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the following sentence that contains an IDIOM.

• My sister is the cookie monster, and she eats cookies all day long.

• I have had the same bike for ten years. It finally kicked the bucket, and I had to get a new one.

• My teacher is as mean as an Army sergeant.

• My English teacher is the most beautiful teacher that has ever lived.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the sentence that does NOT use HYPERBOLE.

• During PE today, I ran 10,000 miles!

• I jumped a mile in the air when I saw that snake in my yard!

• I screamed when my brother jumped out from behind the door!

• I cried a ten million tears during that movie!

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the tone of the following sentence? "'Here we go again,' he moaned, as he watched the other team score yet another goal."

• Joy

• Fury

• Excitement

• Frustration

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Read lines 44-47.

We paused, we seemed to breathe the smell Of limewash and of tar, Familiar as our daily breath, As though it were some strange scent of death:

What does the simile in lines 44-47 reveal to the reader about the speaker and his comrades?

• It shows their apprehension despite the seemingly ordinary appearance of the lighthouse.

• It shows their displeasure with the condition of the lighthouse in its current state of decline

• It shows their sense of ease at the lighthouse having been there numerous times previously.

• It shows their discovery of clues related to the disappearances of the lighthouse watchmen.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

We hunted high, we hunted low; And soon ransacked the empty house; Then o’er the Island, to and fro, We ranged, to listen and to look

What does ransacked mean as it is used in line 72?

• escaped

• looted

• observed

• scoured

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4