Figurative Language Identification/Poetic Sound Devices

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees."

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of sound device is used in the phrase: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the figurative language in this sentence: "Her smile is as bright as the sun."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "Time is a thief"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the sound device in the following line: "The buzzing bee flew away."

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence: "I've told you a million times"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Identify the sound device in the following line: "The clanging pots and pans woke the baby."

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence: "He is a shining star"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D