ELA Figurative Language

An expression that cannot be understood by the meaning of its words is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Cliche

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The flowers danced in the wind is an example of:

• Simile

• Personification

• Cliche

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

You have a smile that lights up the room is an example of what type of figurative language

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This sentence is an example of what:  "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass."

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This sentence is an example of what:  "I have a ton of homework."

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"When pigs fly" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which type of figurative language is used in the following Beatles song, "Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter?"

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Cliche

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet.

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

These words are examples of what: Boom! Bang!

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D