Figurative Language

Which two statements are metaphors?

• The snow is a white blanket.

• You need to hold your hourses.

• Life is a roller coaster.

• He looks like a fish out of water.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"You put me in a pickle." This is an example of which figurative language?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"Eric is a shining star." This is an example of which figurative language?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The sun smiled down on us." This is an example of which figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

" The stars danced in the moonlit sky." This is an example of which figurative language?

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What kind of figurative language is being used below?

Avery is a tree

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

" Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which two statements are idioms?

• You hit the nail on the head.

• You were as brave as a lion.

• Her eyes shined like diamonds.

• You need to hold your horses.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

" I've asked you to wash the dishes a million times." What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which word is an onomatopoeia?

• fall

• mean

• swish

• type

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5