Figurative Language Review

A comparison using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My homework pile is a mile high.

This sentence is an example of

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings.

The sentence is an example of

• simile

• personification

• methphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"And I'm going to miss you, like a child misses their blanket."

• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This sentence is an example of what:  "You are my knight in shining armor."

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This sentence is an example of what:  "I’ve seen this movie a thousand times."

• personification
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This sentence is an example of what:  "The palm trees were dancing in the wind."

• personification
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

This sentence is an example of what:  "The teenager is as hungry as a wolf."

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This sentence is an example of what:  "Her voice was music to my ears."

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This sentence is an example of what:  "Who let the cat out of the bag?"

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5