Figurative Language Review

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What is an example of a Metaphor? Options:

The pipe busted open.

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I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.

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I like school.

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This classroom is a zoo.

Back

This classroom is a zoo.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is an example of a simile? Options:

She is cute.

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What did you do today?

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She was as sweet as pie.

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Andy was a pig at dinner.

Back

She was as sweet as pie.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is this simile comparing? "Her hair was like a birds nest"

Back

The girls hair and a birds nest

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What does the metaphor 'Julia is a chicken' mean?

Back

Julia is scared

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is the following an example of:

I must have slept 100 hours last night!

Back

hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is the following sentence an example of:

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Back

alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What literary device is used in the sentence: "The house shivered as snow fell on its roof"?

Back

personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

crash, boom, bang, are examples of

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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

Which is NOT an example of a simile?

Her heart is like gold.

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He is as busy as a bee.

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Life is a rollercoaster.

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She is larger than life.

Back

Life is a rollercoaster.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

This school is an asylum.

Back

metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D