Esperanza Rising Figurative Language

What example of Figurative Language is this quote: “Papa’s heart would find us wherever we go.”

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What example of Figurative Language is this quote: “…and pricked her finger on a vicious thorn.”

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Answer explanation

Personification is giving something qualities that it does not have or making it seem human.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“She could hear it, too. The beat rushing in her ears. Shoomp, shoomp, shoomp.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Onomatopoeia is words that are used to describe a sound.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Isabel…rolled it up like a cigar…”

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Answer explanation

A simile says two things are alike by using the words "like" or "as."

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What figurative language is being used in the text?

" Wait a little while and the fruit will fall into your hands." pg 223

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

It had taken every day of three weeks to put the harvest to bed and now everyone anticipated the celebration. What type of figurative language is used?

• alliteration

• personification

• similie

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Our land is alive…this whole valley breathes and lives…”

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

Answer explanation

Personification is giving something qualities that it does not have or making it seem human.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What example of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomotopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

"It gives us the grapes and then they welcome us." He gently touched a wild tendril that reached into the row, as if it had been waiting to shake his hand. Which type of figurative language does this line contain?

• personification

• metaphor

• repetition

• similie

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What did Abuelita mean when she said "after many mountains and valleys we will be together?"

• Esperanza was going to have to sew a lot

• Esperanza was going to experience many highs and lows

• Esperanza was going to do a lot of physical climbing

• Esperanza was going to move a lot

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3