Figurative Language

Match the figurative language definition with the correct word.

• simile

• giving human ability to nonhuman object

• metaphor

• words that sound like their action

• hyperbole

• a comparison using like or as

• onomatopoeia

• exaggeration to an extreme

• personification

• a comparison without like or as

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Her hair is as brown as muddy dirt. ​ (a)  

The cruel tornado ripped the roof off the shed. ​ (b)  

The salamander sulked silently with his sister.​ (c)   ​

​ His teacher was an angry volcano after the disruption. ​ (d)  

• simile
• personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• She is as brave as a lion.

• Time is a thief.

• He has a heart of stone.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

1. 1. "Can you hurry up? 2. There are a million dogs in here, and I'd like to get home before next year!" the boss yelled to Saly. 3. Saly liked to take her time with each dog and make sure they were treated like gold. 4. Some people complained that Saly was as slow as a snail, but she didn't care. 5. Each dog was special to her.

Which sentence from the paragraph is a hyperbole?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

• sentence 5

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Can you hurry up? There are a million dogs in here, and I'd like to get home before next year!" the boss yelled to Saly. Saly liked to take her time with each dog and make sure they were treated like gold. Some people complained that Saly was as slow as a snail, but she didn't care. Each dog was special to her.

Why was the boss mad at Sally?

• She needed help

• She was playing with the dogs

• She was taking too long

• She did not do what she was supposed to do

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What does "Sally was as slow as a snail" mean?

• She liked treating snails

• She was very slow

• She was fast

• She likes to walk like a snail

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Please fill in the blank to make the statement a simile:

Dylan is __ strong as an ox.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the simile in this sentence: "The night was as black as coal."

• The night

• as black as coal

• was

• coal

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?

(a)  

• Clouds
• Winked
• Say
• Moon

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is 

• idiom
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A