Practice & Review Types of Figurative Language

Front

Qualities of humans attributed to animals, objects, or ideas.

Back

Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Language that appeals to the senses:

Back

Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

"I didn’t mean to rain on your parade." What makes this an idiom?

Back

Uses a phrase that doesn’t mean what it says.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

That locker is so messy, the public health department declared it a health hazard. Identify the hyperbole.

Back

Exaggeration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Identify the simile: The stars look like diamonds in the sky.

Back

The stars look like diamonds in the sky.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Identify the alliteration:

Back

The girl grabs the gnome in the garden to glorify its gown

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Figurative language using words like 'BOOM!' or 'ZAP!'

Back

Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Identify the metaphor: Poor as dirt, Sally sold seashells by the seashore, The classroom was as cold as a freezer, Life is a rollercoaster

Back

Life is a rollercoaster

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Bob was as free as a bird. Identify the simile.

Back

It uses the word 'as'.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Train : tracks :: car : ?

Back

road, street

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D