Four Types of Figurative Language

What type of figurative language is being used? 
I thought those people would lock me up and throw away the key. 

• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Simile 
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is being used?
And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands. 

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What type of figurative language is being used?
I'm about ten times smarter than everyone on my class. 

• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is being used?
My mother's hair is the warm smell of bread before you bake it. 

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What type of figurative language is being used? 
She used to own a building big as a whale, but her brother sold it. 

• Onomatopoeia 
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is being used? 
My brother can fool anybody anytime.

• Alliteration 
• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is being used?
Amy always ate apples and apricots. 

• Personification
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is being used?
I hit the hay early last night. 

• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of figurative language is being used? 
It's windows are so small you'd think they were holding their breath. 

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What type of figurative language is being used? 
My cereal snaps, crackles, and pops.

• Alliteration
• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3