Figurative Language Lesson

I could eat a million of Grandma's cookies.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My Dad's snoring is louder than a freight train.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Name the figure of speech in the sentence below.

"The scorpion is the scariest creature that ever existed."

• Hyperbole

• Similie

• Onomatopoeia

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The dog is as smart as his owner.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The speaker came up with another argument at the drop of a hat.

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The starfish in Punta Cana were as prickly as cacti.

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Julia switched her dance moves because Suzie was a copy cat on the dance floor.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She was as blind as a bat and did not see the stranger in front of her.

• alliteration

• idiom

• none of the above

• both idiom and simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The grizzly bear was as big as a mountain.

• hyperbole and metaphor

• hyperbole and simile

• onomatopoeia

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The movie was so sad that I cried a mountain of tears.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• noe of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A