Figurative Language First Five

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "To my dog, our neighborhood park is the Garden of Eden"?

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Euphemism

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What literary term is demonstrated in: "Steve’s girlfriend recently told him that she needed some space"?

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which figurative language is used in: "My hands were icicles because of the cold weather"?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine the figurative language in: "John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem."

• Allusion

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify the figurative language in: "My wife tried to explain to me that the $300 she spent online was retail therapy for her stressful day."

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which figurative language is used in: "My mom shut off my video game and told me there were a million other things I could do that would be a better use of my time"?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is: "He acts silly at times, but he was blessed with a brilliant brain"?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Euphemism

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is alliteration?

• giving human traits to objects or ideas
• a phrase that means something else than what it says
• repeating the same initial sound in several words
• a contradictory phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which kind of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

The pink pig played in the puddle.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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4L5

Identify the figurative language in: "The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break."

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D