Figurative Language Review

This figure of speech means extreme exaggeration.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

This figure of speech compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Using the same letter sound throughout the sentence

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The moon smiled at me" is an example of _____.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"I am as hungry as a bear" is an example of a...

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Look at these lyrics from Fight Song:

Like a small boat

On the ocean

Sending big waves

Into motion

What figure of speech is in the first line?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The radio is yelling at me" is an example of____

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"It costs an arm and a leg to buy an iPhone" is an example of...

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Look at these lyrics from Boom Clap:

Boom clap

The sound of my heart

the beat goes

on and on and on and on and

Boom clap

What figure of speech is this an example of?

• onomatopeia

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Sally sells seashells so swiftly" is an example of _______

• alliteration

• personifiation

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4