Personification, Metaphor, Hyperbole

"Henry was so hungry he could eat a whole horse" is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• A. Hyperbole

• B. Metaphor

• C. Idiom

• D. Simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Beth told her dance teacher "The World is a Stage." What kind of figurative language did Beth use?

• A. Personification

• B. Hyperbole

• C. Idiom

• D. Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When we read the book "Amos & Boris", Amos & Boris were both animals who could talk and eat. This is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• A. Hyperbole

• B. Metaphor

• C. Personification

• D. Idiom

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"Sam's swim teacher taught her to swim fast like a fish". This is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• A. Metaphor

• B. Similie

• C. Idiom

• D. Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Baby John was sleepy and began to cry crocodile tears." This is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• A. Idiom

• B. Metaphor

• C. Simile

• D. Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"I can leap so high, I'll touch the sky"

• 2. Metaphor

• 5. Idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"That bag cost me and arm & a leg"

• 4. Hyperbole

• 2. Metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Your eyes shine like a diamond."

• 1. Simile

• 3. Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The dog was screaming about his spaghetti order"

• 4. Hyperbole

• 3. Personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

You are my sunshine.

• 1. Simile

• 2. Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D