Figurative Language Katherine Berner

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The sad student sat silently in the room. 

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The dropped package skidded like an Olympic bobsled across the icy sidewalk.
What two things are being compared in this sentence’s simile?

• the package and the sidewalk

• the Olympics and the icy sidewalk

• the movement of the dropped package and a bobsled

• the way the package was dropped and the Olympics

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.

• The stars are expensive.

• The stars are not out tonight.

• The stars were bright and sparkling.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

• alliteration

• repetition

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• He was the bright sun in my eyes, standing before me.

• The treasure was as precious as a child to him.

• Her voice was beautiful music.

• Sarah made a face. The cafeteria food was gross mush.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

• "There's always a silver lining."

• "She didn't want to go to school because she was too tired."

• "Bobby's hair was as messy as a bird's nest."

• "It was a cruel type of kindness."

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Oxymoron's are...

• Comparing two words using like or as

• Comparing two words without using like or as

• Two words joined together to create an effect.

• Two ideas put together to create an effect.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A