FRIDAY MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE

Match the following sentences with the correct literary devices.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• Personification

• The sun blazed like a furnace.

• Onomatopoeia

• The bees buzzed in the garden.

• Simile

• Time is a thief.

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The children were as loud as a pack of wolves. The literary device used in this sentence is (a)   .

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The moon hung like a lantern in the sky. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The classroom was a circus when the teacher left. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

He's as sly as an ox. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Her voice was velvet, smooth and soft. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The bees buzzed around the bright flowers. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The road was a ribbon, winding through the hills. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The snake slithered silently through the tall grass. The literary device used in this sentence is (a)  

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The lightning flashed across the sky like a bright sword. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4