Answer Key to Figurative Language Worksheet

She was as cold as ice.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sad student sat silently in the room. This is an example of ...... 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of consonant sounds, regardless of location, is...

• consonance
• assonance
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

 Which word means an overused expression?

• Cliche 
• Symbolism
• Metaphor
• Idiom

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A cultural saying that is particular to a specific group and may not be easily understood by others is...

•  idiom
• allusion
• alliteration
• apostrophe

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is a play on words?

• Allusion
• Pun
• Idiom
• Apostrophe

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CCSS.L.8.5A

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Metaphor
• Sound
• Onomotopoeia
• Rhythm 

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

"Baby, you're a firework" is an example of what?

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The ball came screaming across home plate. This is an example of ...... 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D