Figurative Language

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

This term means to use a strong exaggeration:

• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

'That test was a breeze!' is an example of:

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Silly Sally swam so smoothly' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• alliteration
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

'How sweet the sobbing violin!' is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

These shoes take 50 million years to put on.

• imagery
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is alliteration?

• A word in which the sound reflects is meaning.
  
• Repeating words or phrases
  
• Language that appeals to the five senses
• The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The flame in the candle danced in the dark.

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Tex was tickled as he tasted the tarantula's toes.

• alliteration
• repetition
• hyperbole
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5