Figurative Language

A hyperbole is

• repeating the beginning sound in words

• giving human qualities to animals or objects

• an exaggeration

• a word that imitates the sound that it represents

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Onomatopoeia is

• a word that sounds like what it describes.

• a comparison where on thing is said to be another

• an exaggeration

• giving human qualities to animals or objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Repeating the beginning sound in words is

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My homework pile is a mile high.

This sentence is an example of

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Red Rover, Red Rover send Robin right over.

This sentence is an example of

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I heard the screech of the tires, and then I smelled the burning rubber.

The underlined word in the sentence is an example of

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphore

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison where one thing is said to be another is

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings.

The sentence is an example of

• simile

• personification

• methphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human qualities to animals or objects is

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A