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Grade 5 Poetic Devices CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.5.5
Wind
Blowing briskly
Leaves fall
From
The
Trees
We rake
Colored leaves
In
A
Big
Pile.

And jump.

What type of poem is this?
  1. Free Verse
  2. Haiku
  3. Rhyme Scheme
  4. Diamante
Grade 5 Metaphor CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.5.4
Read these lines from the poem:

The engine was an old lion / roaring but weak in the core.

What does this metaphor mean?
  1. The engine was probably dying, but it still made noise.
  2. The engine was probably missing important parts.
  3. The engine was making strange, animal-like sounds.
  4. The engine of the vehicle was shaped like an old lion.
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence below.

Education is your passport to satisfying employment.
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. hyperbole
  4. personification
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

"Fine, fresh, fierce, we got it on lock."
  1. hyperbole
  2. alliteration
  3. onomatopoeia
  4. simile
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

"It's the house telling you to close your eyes."
  1. personification
  2. hyperbole
  3. alliteration
  4. onomatopoeia
Grade 5 Poetic Devices CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.5.5
Eel
Greasy, long
Winding, swimming, moving
An eel is strange.
Fish

What type of poem is this?
  1. Haiku
  2. Limerick
  3. Free Verse
  4. Cinquain
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.5.4, L.5.5a, L.5.5b
What does the idiom the sky is the limit mean?
  1. Everyone has some limitations.
  2. The possibilities are endless.
  3. It will be a difficult journey.
  4. Not everything comes easily.
Grade 5 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5, L.5.5a
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence below.

He was a tornado, blasting his way through the opposing team.
  1. simile
  2. personification
  3. metaphor
  4. none of the above
Grade 5 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5, L.5.5a
'Once by the Pacific' by Robert Frost

The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked over others coming in.

The figurative language in line 2 of this poem
  1. compares the waves to one another.
  2. exaggerates the size of the waves.
  3. makes the waves seem human.
  4. makes the reader hear the waves.
Grade 5 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.5.4, L.5.5, L.5.5a
"The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked over others coming in."

The figurative language in line 2 of this poem                                   .
  1. compares the waves to one another.
  2. exaggerates the size of the waves.
  3. makes the waves seem human.
  4. makes the reader hear the waves.
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.5.4, L.5.5, L.5.5b
What does the idiom cross your fingers mean?
  1. needing to be in one order
  2. to be in an extreme rush
  3. having to make a new plan
  4. hoping something goes one way
Grade 5 Metaphor CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5a
An expression that makes an imaginative comparison between two different things, without using words such as "like," or "as."
  1. simile
  2. limerick
  3. metaphor
  4. onomatopoeia
Grade 5 Simile
List the key words you will see in a simile               like and as              .
Grade 5 Hyperbole
Which is an example of hyperbole?
  1. I could sleep for an hour.
  2. I could sleep right now.
  3. I could sleep for a week.
  4. I could sleep like a baby.
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

"Treasure, that is what you are."
  1. metaphor
  2. hyperbole
  3. alliteration
  4. personification
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

"Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?"
  1. alliteration
  2. simile
  3. metaphor
  4. onomatopoeia
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language.

"We can burn brighter than the sun."
  1. hyperbole
  2. personification
  3. simile
  4. onomatopoeia
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

"I came in like a wrecking ball."
  1. simile
  2. personification
  3. onomatopoeia
  4. metaphor
Grade 5 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5, L.5.5a
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?

The sun is my best friend always at my side.
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. personification
  4. none of the above
Grade 5 Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?

Mr. John is as wise as an owl.
  1. metaphor
  2. simile
  3. personification
  4. none of the above
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