Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, and Hyperboles

What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"

• Simile

• Refrain

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which literary term means an extreme exaggeration? (many times they are funny)

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which literary term means comparing two things using "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

Which literary term means comparing two things without using like or as?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Which literary term means an accepted expression or phrase that has a deeper meaning than the literal meaning?

• Assonance

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The use of descriptive words, phrases, and sentences to convey a message that means something without directly saying it. Literary devices such as similes, metaphors, personification, hyperboles, onomatopoeia, idioms, and alliteration

• Free Verse

• Poetry

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

comparing two things using “like” or “as”

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Idioms, hyperboles, similes, metaphors, and personification are all examples of

• text boxes

• graphic features

• figurative language

• headings

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

an exaggerated phrase that does not mean what it says. (It is dramatic and stretches the truth.)

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a simile?

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• An extreme exaggeration

• A phrase with a hidden meaning

• A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D