Figurative Language Review

Compares two things using the words like or as

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Compares two things WITHOUT using the words like or as, saying one things is the other.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

gives human traits to a nonhuman object

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

sound words

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

repeating the same beginning sound 3 or more times.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

an extreme exaggeration used to make a point

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is the statement below?

The boxer fought like a lion.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is the statement below?

The moon peeked around the cloud and smiled.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is the statement below?

The door made a loud squeak as he tried to open it.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language is the statement below?

The computer in the classroom was a dinosaur.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5