What Is Figurative Language

The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM in the air. is an example of 

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

He was as cool as a cucumber." is an example of a(n)

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• None of the above

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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 stars will cry.
The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

She sells sea shells by the seashore is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• 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

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language is shown?

The thunder boomed in the storm.

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language is shown?
I have told you a million times not to do that!

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is shown?
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• 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

What type of figurative language is shown?
Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B