Figurative Language Review

What is a Metaphor?

• A term which features two words that appear to contradict each other.

• a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using "like" or "as"

• comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• Repetition of letters or sounds used within a sentence.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is Hyperbole?

• a figure of speech which exagerates the meaning of a sentence.

• comparing two things using "like" or "as".

• a phrase which bears no literal meaning to the situation but implies the facts or story behind it.

• a figure of speech that gives inanimate objects lifelike qualities.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The boy was upset at himself.

• The boy was a tornado of emotion

• The boy said he'd die of shame

• The boy did not like what he'd done.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This figure of speech uses exaggeration "I've told you a million times!"

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.

• His room looked as if a hurricane came through.

• A hurricane! AHHH!

• The hurricane screamed through the town.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Find the example of personification.

• The chocolate cake was calling my name.

• The car is very fast.

• He is as strong as an ox.

• The book was on the table.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following sentences uses personification?

• The sun kissed the ocean.

• She is a night owl.

• He has a heart of stone.

• They fought like cats and dogs.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"The beautiful, blue butterfly bumped into a box."

The Figure of Speech used in this sentence is:

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Rain races ,ripping and restless in it's rage."

This sentence is an example of:

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

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 type of figurative language?

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D