Figurative Language

What term is defined as: comparing two different things using "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Identify the figure of speech used:

"He was as tough as nails."

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What term is defined as: comparing two unlike things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figure of speech:

"The calm, still lake was a mirror."

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What term is defined:

"The repetition of the beginning sounds of neighboring words"

• Anaphora

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Determine the correct example of the term 'Alliteration.'

• She sells seashells by the sea-shore.

• Busy as a bee

• Sheep should sleep in a shed

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What term is defined:

"Use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect"

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Use your knowledge for the term 'Hyperbole' and determine which example is correct.

• "I've told you to stop a thousand times."

• "I could do this forever."

• "Everybody knows that."

• All of the above.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Determine which term is defined as:

"Giving human qualities to non-living things."

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Find the correct example of Personification below:

• The snowflakes danced.

• The fire swallowed the house whole.

• The wind whispered through the grass.

• All of the above.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A