Figurative Language and Poetry

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.

• The trees danced in the wind.

• I waited in line for 10 years!

• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"That picture is as straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended." Is an example of what?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Look at the sentence. What type of figurative language did they use?
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning using imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices​ (a)  

• figurative language

• speaker

• mood

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the meaning of the simile, "The class was like a circus!"

• The class had animals

• The class was crazy

• The class was fun

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the meaning of the metaphor "You light up my life!"

• You a light

• It is a comparison without using "like" or "as"

• You make me happy.

• You're so bright

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!

• No!

• Yes!

• Go!

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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 of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

• "I'm as a cool as a cucumber!"

• "The girls are like two peas in a pod!"

• "After school I have a ton of homework to do!"

• "Her hair was so long!"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

• She spits when she talks.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D