Figurative Language

My little sister was light as a feather.

She ...

• loves birds.

• was covered in feathers.

• wanted to be a bird.

• was not heavy.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Jacob was a perfect angel during school.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read the above lyrics and identify if it is a metaphor or simile.

• simile

• metaphor

• both

• neither

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the below sentences uses onomatopoeia?

• The cricket hopped in the grass.

• The crickets chirped all night.

• The crickets were loud.

• The crickets sang all night.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Onomatopoeia is the name for words that sound like what they describe.

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• “Voila,” the chef announced, revealing a glorious dessert, set aflame.

• “Yikes!” Riley exclaimed, gritting her teeth. “I do not want to talk about that!”

• Justin poured a glass of soda, listening to the bubbles fizz in the glass.

• Haroun could hear, from the crowd, shouts of “Hooray!” and chants of his name.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

an expression that means something other than the usual meaning of the words

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

It was so foggy you could cut through it with a knife.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The leaves skipped across the ground.

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"I'm as hungry as a horse." Identify the type of figurative language used.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Peter pranced playfully around the playground" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4