Figurative Language Review

Time flies by! 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The sad student sat silently in the room. 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The dropped package skidded like an Olympic bobsled across the icy sidewalk.
What two things are being compared in this sentence’s simile?

• the package and the sidewalk
• the Olympics and the icy sidewalk
• the movement of the dropped package and a bobsled
• the way the package was dropped and the Olympics

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.

• The stars are expensive.
• The stars are not out tonight.
• The stars were bright and sparkling.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D