Figurative Language

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Metaphor

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(b) Simile

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(c) Hyperbole

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(d) Personification

• Jealousy is a green-eyed monster.

• Ugh! This is the worst day EVER!

• The test looked back at the student ominously.

• He was the light of her life.

• She was as cute as a button.

• He was cunning like a fox.

• The room came to life with the sound of music.

• I'm literally starving to death.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Choose all the examples of metaphor

• The wind whispered to the girl.

• You are my sunshine.

• She was the apple of her dad's eye.

• This is the best day of my life!

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Choose all the examples of personification

• The snow danced through the air on its way to the ground.

• We were two ships in the night.

• He had the eye of the tiger.

• The engine roared as the car woke up.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Choose all the examples of hyperbole

• This is life or death: should I get a burrito or a taco?

• She's actually the smartest person alive.

• This is absolutely unbelievable!

• She was as bright as the sun.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Choose all the examples of similes

• The house was as dark as midnight on a moonless night.

• She blew up like a balloon when she ate something she was allergic to.

• Her heart was in the right place.

• Her eyes were deep and blue like the sea.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following sentence contains an example of ​ ​ ​ (a)  

The alligator's teeth are white daggers.

• metaphor
• idiom
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does this metaphor mean?

When he found out his friend had lied to him, he was steaming and seeing red.

• His favorite color was red.

• He was really hot.

• His was angry with his friend.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The fog was a blanket covering the road.

• It was a clear, sunny day.
• The fog was thick.
• The fog was comfortable and cozy.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.
• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
• The car is very new.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

My brother was hungry as a wolf after the basketball game. He ...

• played basketball really well.

• really wanted food.

• dressed up as a wolf.

• won the basketball game.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A