Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Alliteration

Identify the figurative language technique below that means COMPARING 2 OBJECTS USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the figurative language technique that is used when TWO OR MORE WORDS BEGIN WITH THE SAME SOUND IN A SENTENCE OR A LINE OF POETRY.

• Alliteration

• Play on words

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the correct definition for a METAPHOR

• Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects

• Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

• A play on words

• Comparing 2 objects using a form of "IS"

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Identify the correct definition of PERSONIFICATION.

• To give human-like qualities to non-human objects

• Using exaggeration to prove a point

• A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally

• Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Identify the following sentence that contains PERSONIFICATION.

• The book fell out of my hands.

• I dropped the book as I was walking.

• The book jumped out of my hands.

• I lost my balance, and the books plunged to the floor.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Identify the sentence below that is a METAPHOR.

• My new bike is as fast as a race car!

• My new bike can go around the world in an hour!

• My new bike is a jet plane because it goes so fast!

• My new bike is the fastest bike ever in the history of time!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figurative language technique found in the following sentence. THE TIMID TURTLE TOOTLED TO THE TRAIN TRACKS.

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the figurative language used AND identify the meaning of the sentence. OUR CAR IS A DINOSAUR, SO WE NEED TO BUY A NEW ONE.

• Simile; our car is old.

• Hyperbole; our car is a breathing animal

• Pun; a play on words

• Metaphor; our car is very old.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Identify the type of figurative language AND explain the meaning of the sentence below.

MY BROTHER EATS LIKE A HORSE.

• Metaphor; my brother eats a lot

• Simile; my brother eats a lot.

• Personification; giving a non-human object human-like characteristics.

• Onomatopoeia--describes what it sounds like

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• onomatopeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4