The Crucible Figurative Language

What type of figurative language is present in this quote from *The Crucible*? “The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you.”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is used in this line from *The Crucible*? “Man, remember, until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven.”

• Simile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is this?

“She brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks, the crowd will part like the sea for Israel.”

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What figurative language is this? “The room was a furnace during the summer.”

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the example with the correct figurative language:

• "I could sleep for a year."

• Simile

• "The stars danced in the sky."

• Hyperbole

• "Boom! Crash! The thunder echoed."

• Personification

• "Her eyes were like stars."

• Onomatopoeia

• "Time is a thief."

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does Elizabeth mean when she says to John, “The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you”?

• God is the ultimate judge.

• John feels guilty and judges himself.

• John is afraid of being judged by others.

• Elizabeth believes John is judging her unfairly.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match the figurative language term with its definition:  

• e. A direct comparison between two unlike things

• Allusion

• b. A reference to a well-known event or text

• Hyperbole

• d. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• Simile

• c. Comparison using "like" or "as"

• Personification

• a. Extreme exaggeration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"That book saved my life" is an example of...

• Offensive language

• Exemplar

• Personification

• Concept

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of figurative language is present in this quote from The Crucible? 'The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you.'

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is used in this line from The Crucible? 'Man, remember, until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven.'

• Simile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3