Figurate Language

Which sentence contains an example of hyperbole?

• I was so mad I exploded.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• The clock ticked loudly in the silent room.

• The sun smiled down on us.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which sentence(s) below contain and example of an Allusion. Choose all that apply.

• You're a regular Einstein.

• I’m Juliet to your Romeo.

• He was an animal on the field.

• She ate a thousand tacos yesterday.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?

• Similie

• Onomatopoeia

• personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

The flowers danced in the wind is an example of:

• Simile

• Personification

• Cliche

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Define hyperbole.

• An overused phrase

• Its raining cats and dogs

• An over (excessive) exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What 2 figurative languages are used in this sentence?

The house was an inferno as the flames reached for the sky.

• hyperbole and onomatopoeia

• metaphor and personification

• simile and alliteration

• personification and simile

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Repeating the beginning sound in words is

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Red Rover, Red Rover send Robin right over.

This sentence is an example of

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• 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

This sentence is an example of

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4