Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".

What type of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is another.

What type of figurative language is this?

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An exaggeration that can't possibly be true.

What type of figurative language is this?

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

What type of figurative language is this?

• Allusion

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound.

What type of figurative language is this?

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words whose sounds suggest their meaning. Often called "sound words".

What type of figurative language is this?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

using one thing (a symbol) to stand for or represent something else

• Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My brothers are as loud as cymbals clanging together.

What type of figurative language is shown here?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The new baby was a bundle of joy.

What type of figurative language is used here?

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

It felt as if I had walked a million miles to school.

What type of figurative language is used here?

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A