Figurative Language and Author's Purpose

What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?

Muffled sounds floated up like balloons, the wind murmured softly, and a bird called from somewhere in the distance.

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?

As I stood atop the mighty skyscraper, the cars were toys in a miniature city below me.

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?

My dad roars like a lion when I forget to do my chores.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Author's Purpose

• Feelings and attitudes of a person involved in a text given away by actions, body language, and other clues.

• An author’s attitude toward a subject.

• Main reason for writing.

• An imaginative comparison or a way to express ideas or experiences vividly. Not meant to be taken literally.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

When one describes something by comparing it to something else; words or phrases that are used

• Figurative Language

• Personification

• Illustration

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Giving human qualities to animals or objects.

• Figurative Language

• Personification

• Illustration

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A type of supporting idea for key idea that gives colorful comparisons is called?

• facts

• examples

• anecdotes

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence? The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• A) simile

• B) metaphor

• C) personification

• D) hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the author's purpose in writing a persuasive essay?

• A) To entertain

• B) To inform

• C) To persuade

• D) To describe

Identify the figurative language in this sentence: The classroom was a zoo during recess.

• A) simile

• B) metaphor

• C) personification

• D) hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3