Figurative Language
What is the definition of hyperbole?
➡️ Answer: An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.
Which figurative language is being use. Explain your answer.
“Her thoughts moved like traffic at rush hour.”
➡️ Answer: Simile
Which figurative language is being used? Explain your answer.
“I waited so long my legs turned to stone.”
➡️ Answer: Hyperbole
📝 Explanation: The speaker exaggerates how long they waited. Legs do not literally turn to stone, so the extreme statement shows exaggeration.
This famous DC landmark is nicknamed “America’s front yard.
National Mall
This brand uses a bull as its logo and is known for supercars.
Lamborghini
Why do writers use figurative language?
➡️ Answer: To make writing more vivid, engaging, emotional, and easier for readers to visualize. To add Humor etc
Which figurative language is being use. Explain your answer.
“The debate became a chess match of strategy.”
➡️ Answer: Metaphor
Which figurative language is being used? Explain your answer.
“The wind clawed at the windows all night.”
➡️ Answer: Personification
📝 Explanation: The wind is given a human/animal action (“clawed”), which non-human things cannot literally do.
This DC neighborhood is home to the historic Howard Theatre.
Shaw
his car company’s logo features a blue-and-white circle.
BMW
What is the definition of personification?
➡️ Answer: Giving human qualities or actions to non-human things.
Which figurative language is being use. Explain your answer.
“His patience was as thin as cracked ice.”
➡️ Answer: Simile
Which figurative language is being used? Explain your answer.
The abandoned house glared at us as we passed.
➡️ Answer: Personification
📝 Explanation: A house cannot glare. The sentence gives it a human emotion/action to create a creepy feeling. .
The Potomac River separates DC from this neighboring state.
Virginia
This vehicle type combines a gas engine with an electric motor.
hybrid
In the sentence below, what are the two things being compared?
“Her smile was a ray of sunshine on a gloomy day.”
Figurative Language: Metaphor
Two things being compared: Her smile and a ray of sunshine
Which figurative language is being use. Explain your answer.
He stood frozen like a statue when his name was called.
➡️ Answer: Simile
Which figurative language is being used? Explain your answer.
“This backpack weighs more than the entire school.”
➡️ Answer: Hyperbole
📝 Explanation: The weight is exaggerated to emphasize how heavy the backpack feels, not its actual weight.
This branch of government is housed in the Supreme Court building.
Judicial Branch
This Japanese brand is known for reliability and the Camry.
Toyota
List two figurative languages used in the sentence below:
“I waited forever as time laughed at me and refused to move.”
➡️ Answer: Hyperbole (“waited forever”) and Personification (“time laughed”)
Which figurative language is being use. Explain your answer.
“The city was a living maze, twisting and trapping newcomers.”
➡️ Answer: Metaphor
Which figurative language is being used? Explain your answer.
“The exhausted laptop protested every click.”
➡️ Answer: Personification
📝 Explanation: The laptop is described as if it has human feelings and can protest, which is a human trait.
This DC area is known for Embassy Row along Massachusetts Avenue.
Dupont Circle
This luxury brand’s emblem is a leaping cat.
Jaguar