Figurative Language Drag & Drop

The speaker uses (a)   to make nature feel alive, giving the trees a voice that (b)   secrets.

• personification
• whispers
• metaphor
• rocks
• shouts

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CCSS.L.6.5A

The poet uses a (a)   to compare love to a (b)   , helping the reader understand its (c)   and unpredictability.

• simile
• flame
• intensity
• hate
• ocean
• calmness

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The writer employs a ​ (a)   to describe (b)   as a guiding light, ​ (c)   its power to lead us through dark times.

• hope
• metaphor
• despair
• literal interpretation
• shadowy figures
• emphasizing

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The meme uses (a)   to highlight the character’s (b)   , exaggerating her complaint to make it memorable and (c)   .

• hyperbole
• frustration
• humorous
• understatement
• indifference
• lightheartedness

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The author includes (a)   to mimic the sound of the ​ (b)   , bringing the scene vividly to life for the (c)   .

• onomatopoeia
• reader
• metaphor
• narrator
• simile
• rain
• imitation

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The poet uses ​ (a)   to paint a picture of the setting with descriptions of (b)   colors and (c)   sounds.

• vibrant
• soothing
• imagery
• dull
• chaotic
• silence

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

​ (a)   personification to give emotions ​ (b)   , making fear seem like a ​ (c)   .

• The writer uses
• a human quality
• lurking shadow
• The person sings
• a comparison
• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A

​ (a)   a simile to ​ (b)   the hero’s bravery to a roaring lion, ​ (c)   his courage more vivid.

• The speaker uses
• compare
• making
• The speaker ignores
• emphasize
• so that

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

​ (a)   a metaphor to ​ (b)   time to a thief, emphasizing how quickly moments slip away.

• The poet employs
• compare
• The poet steals
• describe
• contrast

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

​ (a)   ​ (b)   the character’s exhaustion, claiming they could sleep for a hundred years.

• The author uses hyperbole
• to express
• The author uses a metaphor
• The author employs a simile
• to demand
• to interpret

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A