Imagery and Figurative Language

What is the figurative language device used here in this line of Michael Jackson's song "Thriller": "You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes"

• Idiom

• Rhyme

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the figurative language device used here in this line of Colbie Caillat's song "Bubbly": "I've been awake for a while now. You got me feelin' like a child now."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison between 2 unlike things that have something in common using the words like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A figure of speech comparing 2 unlike things that have something in common without using like or as.

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When an author gives an idea, object or animal qualities or traits of a person.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the correct figurative language for the following sentence: The wrapped gift begged to be opened.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

How does imagery help us understand the story?

• It doesn't
• By expressing how the author is feeling
• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
• By telling the mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5