Figurative Language Review

What is the following sentence an example of:

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

• pun

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What does the following sentence really mean?

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

• If you eat right, you won't need to go to the doctor as often.

• You should bring apples to the doctor's office with you.

• Doctors are afraid of apples.

• You should eat nothing but apples every day.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is the following sentence an example of:

Two heads are better than one!

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The house shivered as snow fell on its roof

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which is NOT an example of a simile?

• Her heart is like gold.

• He is as busy as a bee.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

• She is larger than life.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

"The stars in the sky winked," is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

• buzz

• meow

• book

• splat

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the following sentence an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• pun

• proverb

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.

• Delaney is yellow.

• Delaney is standing on the roof.

• Delaney is important to me.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D