Can you FIGURE out these examples of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?

"My backpack weighs a thousand pounds" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The computer hit the floor with a loud CRASH" is an example of...

• simile

• hyperbole

• alleiteration

• onomatopeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Princess Penelope was head over heels for Prince Patrick" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The actor got cold feet before he went on stage" is an example of...

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The roller coaster click, click, clicked its way up the track" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"I was in hot water with my parents because of my grades" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The bar of soap was a slippery eel" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"My mom is a big teddy bear" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"Robby ran rings around the red raincoat" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"My sister sleeps like a log" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4