Figurative Language

Which figurative language makes a comparison between two unlike things?
"Mary is a couch potato at the moment."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
"You look as white as a ghost."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language gives human characteristics to a non-human thing or animal?
"The chocolate ice cream is calling my name."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which figure of speech combines apparently contradictory terms?
"That is a jumbo shrimp."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which figure of speech is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point?
"I’ve seen this movie a million times."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which figure of speech imitates sounds associated with objects or actions?
"The cat meowed loudly."
OR
"There it was. Plop. Plop. Plop."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words?
"Sally sells seashells by the sea shore."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which figurative language makes a brief indirect reference to something of historical or cultural significance?
"Even though he is only 5 years old, he is quite the little Einstein."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which figurative language is a saying that has its own meaning and cannot be understood easily?
"It's raining cats and dogs outside."

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Descriptive language that creates a picture in your mind is

• imagery
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5