Figurative Language

Identify the figurative language.

"The assignment was a breeze!" is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the meaning of the metaphor.

The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.

• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.

• The car is very new.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the figurative language.

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• simile and personification

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the meaning of the simile.

At twelve years old, Jenna is like a blooming flower.

• Jenna is growing up.

• Jenna is about to run away from home.

• Jenna is very sick.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the type of figurative language.

At the recital, Olivia's fingers danced over the keyboard.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the figurative language.

The flame in the candle was a sparkling diamond.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the figurative language.

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

• alliteration

• repetition

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

a comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles

• simile 
• metaphor
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

She was as cold as ice.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4