L8.4 Figurative Language 2

What type of figurative language is used in the example:

I'm holding my boots like little twin babies, telling him they're so pretty...

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

Identify the example of hyperbole

• I feel like an astronaut, like I can jump up to the top of the house like Lee Majors, the Bionic Man.

• "I already know how to jump rope, Pa" I say. "When I play with Sylvie and the girls, I can beat them sometimes."

• And I start to jump faster and faster, and when the rope hits the ground, little rocks and dust op right up.

• "...All you do is jump and count, jump and count, okay? Every day you training, you trying to jump a little more."

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CCSS.RL.8.4

What type of figurative language is used in the example:

"I'm ready for round one," he says. "Ding ding ding!" He begins making animal noises at me, like a bear or something.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language is used in the example:

His brand-new mask has blood around the mouth and nose holes, and he has a big raspberry on his chest from skidding in the dirt...

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

What does the following hyperbole reveal about Gordo's opinion of Miguelito's father?

Don't tell him, man. Your dad is the meanest of all the dads. If you tell him what happened, he'll probably hit you instead of me."

• Gordo is scared of Miguelito's dad.

• Miguelito wants to tell his dad what happened.

• Gordo's dad is known as being a very violent person.

• Miguelito is worried that his dad will punish them both for wrestling.