Identifying Figurative Language in Poems

Read the following lines: The sun smiled down on the meadow, kissing each flower awake. What figurative language is used in the excerpt?

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following lines: "Her heart was a locked door, hiding secrets untold." What figurative language is used in the excerpt?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read the following lines: "The wind whispered through the trees, a secret only the forest could hear." What figurative language is used in the excerpt?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following lines: "The stars were like diamonds scattered across the velvet sky." What figurative language is used in the excerpt?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following lines: "I’m so hungry I could eat a horse." What figurative language is used in the excerpt?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following lines: "Boom! The thunder roared and shook the sky." What figurative language is used in the excerpt?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following lines: "She sells seashells by the seashore." What figurative language is used in the excerpt?

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the following lines: "Life is a journey, filled with twists and turns." What figurative language is used in the excerpt?

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following lines: "The bitter-sweet taste of nostalgia lingered in her mind." What figurative language is used in the excerpt?

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following lines: "The waves danced gracefully along the shore." What figurative language is used in the excerpt?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3