A Night to Remember Figurative Language

A word that compare two things WITHOUT like or as...
Example:..."To Lady Duff Gordon she seemed a black finger pointing at the sky"

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Mrs. J Stuart White was sitting on the edge of her bed, just reaching to turn out the light when the ship seemed to roll over a thousand marbles.

• Simile
• Irony
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What did Mrs. J Stuart mean when she said  "...when the ship seemed to roll over a thousand marbles"?

• She felt the ship vibrating, but not very badly.
• It was shaking violently.
• The ship was about to roll over.
• Someone was playing a game of marbles.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

"I was asleep, I jolted out of bed into a mountain of books that almost ate me alive when I fell into them."

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I was getting ready to go to bed when I heard something like a giant hand banging on the outside of the ship."

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does this imply? "I was getting ready to go to bed when I heard something like a giant hand banging on the outside of the ship."

• There was a loud noise that was cause for concern.
• There was a giant in the water.
• The band was playing loudly.
• The noise was not anything to worry about.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

"Upon entering the first class dining saloon, I was greeted with hors d'oeuvres and a room full of cackling banter. Filet mignon with roasted vegetables filled my nostrils. I saw some plates with lamb and others with roasted duck. My eyes had hearts in them."

• Sensory Imagery
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

To Harold Bride she looked like a duck that goes down for a dive.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The Titanic was now absolutely perpendicular. From the third funnel aft, she stuck straight up in the air, her three dripping propellers glistening even in the darkness.

• Imagery
• Personification
• Simile
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Out in the boats, they could hardly believe their eyes. For over two hours they had watched, hoping against hope, as the Titanic sank lower and lower. When the water reached her red and green running lights, they knew the end was near … but nobody dreamed it would be like this—the unearthly din, the black hull hanging at 90 degrees, the Christmas card backdrop of brilliant stars.
Find the sentence that has the METAPHOR.

• Out in the boats, they could hardly believe their eyes.
• For over two hours they had watched, hoping against hope, as the Titanic sank lower and lower. 
• When the water reached her red and green running lights, they knew the end was near … but nobody dreamed it would be like this 
• the unearthly din, the black hull hanging at 90 degrees, the Christmas card backdrop of brilliant stars.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D