Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, and Personification

The mouse squeaked as it ran across the room.

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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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 silence crept into the classroom.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Buzz! Buzz! said the honeybee.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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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 sun is a sparkling diamond,' is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My brother is a boiling pot of madness.

• simile

• metaphor

• personifcation

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“The heart wants what it wants—or else it does not care . . .” —Emily Dickinson..

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which type of figurative language makes sounds into words? (bam, pow)

• simile

• metaphor

• personfication

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which type of figurative language gives human abilities to non-human things?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Match the following examples with the type of figurative language.

• Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.

• Simile

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• Onomatopoeia

• His heart is gold.

• Personification

• Ding dong!

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which of the following options would make this sentence an example of onomatopoeia?​ The car horn ​ ​ (a)   .

• beeped

• was loud

• sounded like a train

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5