Figurative Language Review

This school is an asylum.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

My stomach did a backflip.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

• alliteration
• repetition
• idiom
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I wouldn't worry wacky worries unless it was something to really worry about.

• alliteration
• repetition
• idiom
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does this metaphor mean?
Delaney is the sun in my life.

• Delaney is yellow.
• Delaney is standing on the roof.
• Delaney is important to me.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does this hyperbole mean?
I'm dying to see that movie.

• I can wait a little longer.
• I don't want to see the movie.
• I'm excited about seeing the movie.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What does this metaphor mean?
The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.
• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
• The car is very new.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does this idiom mean?
After math class, Casey's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test.

• Chou was feeling confused.
• Chou was feeling very confident.
• Chou is thinking about science class.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does this metaphor mean?
The fog was a blanket covering the road.

• It was a clear, sunny day.
• The fog was thick.
• The fog was comfortable and cozy.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D