Figurative Language Definitions and Examples

What term goes with the definition?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What term goes with the definition?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What term goes with the definition?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The following sentences are an example of what type of figurative language?

I could hear the brownies calling me from across the room.

The stars danced in the night sky.

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Similes, metaphors, and hyperboles are all examples of using figurative language.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

You are my sunshine is an example of what figurative language?

• Metaphor?

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the following example with the correct term.

• simile

• The sky was full of dancing stars.

• personification

• The burning wood hissed and crackled.

• metaphor

• He has a heart of stone.

• onomatopoeia

• She's happy as a clam.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Give another example of the type of figurative language from the picture to the left.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Match the correct term with the example.

• Onomatopoeia

• I've told you a million times!

• Cliche'

• BOOM!

• Hyperbole

• A rose stands for romance.

• Symbolism

• Laughter is the music of the soul.

• Metaphor

• Only time will tell.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The daring dancer dipped his partner dreamily

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4