Figurative Language

Which figurative language gives human traits to non-human objects?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which figurative language compares two things without using "like" or "as?"

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Check the two correct answers below:

Which figurative languages compares two things?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Similie

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

True or False: The following statement below is a simile:

"On Tik Tok, I have, like, a billion followers."

• True; I know because it uses the words "like" or "as"

• True; I know because it compares Tik Tok to a billion followers

• False; the figurative language is a metaphor

• False; the figurative language is a hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which types of figurative languages are shown in the following sentence?

"It's so hot outside that it feels like a thousand degrees and I'm going to melt like an ice cube!"

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which figurative language is shown below?

"Her tears flowed like a river down her cheek?"

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The idiom "busy as a bee" is also an example of a -

• Alliteration because it repeats the letter B.

• Personification because a bee can't be busy.

• Simile because it compares us being busy to a bee using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor because it compares us being busy to a bee without using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is being compared in the simile below?

"Her tears flowed like a river down her cheek?"

• Flowed, River

• Tears, Cheeks

• Tears, River

• Her, River

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the figurative language AND how do you know?

"Those best friends are two peas in a pod."

• Simile; I know because it compares best friends to a pod

• Alliteration; I know because it repeats the letter "P"

• Personification; I know because it gives human traits to the peas

• Metaphor; I know because it compares best friends to two peas in a pod

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read the poem above. The author includes a metaphor in line 3 to show -

• birds are severely hurt when dreams die.

• life will freeze if dreams die.

• a positive attitude towards life.

• when dreams die, so does life's motivation to rise higher.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D