Question

skill introduction: figurative language (ela.9.r.3.2)
directions: write the example and highlight/underline the corresponding identifiers.
alliteration: repetition of the first sound in a word
allusion: brief, indirect reference to someone or something well known (pop culture, religion, classical, historical, etc.)
hyperbole: overexaggeration
idiom: a local saying that makes sense in a certain cultural context
imagery: description using the five senses to paint a picture
meiosis: understatement
metaphor: comparing two things without \like\ or \as\
onomatopoeia: words that sound like sounds
personification: giving human qualities to nonhuman things
simile: comparing two things using \like\ or \as\

Explanation:

• Alliteration: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." (Underline "Peter Piper picked peck pickled peppers")
• Allusion: "He was a real Einstein in the math class." (Underline "Einstein" as an allusion to the famous physicist known for his intelligence in math/science)
• Hyperbole: "I've told you a million times not to do that." (Underline "a million times" as an over - exaggeration)
• Idiom: "It's raining cats and dogs." (Underline the whole phrase as an idiom that means it's raining heavily and doesn't mean literal cats and dogs are falling)
• Imagery: "The warm sun kissed her skin as she walked on the soft, golden sand by the gently lapping waves." (Underline "warm sun", "soft golden sand", "gently lapping waves" as elements that appeal to touch and sight)
• Meiosis: "It was just a small scratch" (when in reality it was a deep cut). (Underline "small scratch")
• Metaphor: "Her eyes were diamonds." (Underline "eyes were diamonds" as a comparison without "like" or "as")
• Onomatopoeia: "The clock went tick - tock, tick - tock." (Underline "tick - tock")
• Personification: "The wind whispered through the trees." (Underline "wind whispered" as giving the wind (a non - human thing) a human quality (whispering))
• Simile: "She was as busy as a bee." (Underline "as busy as a bee")

Answer:

• Alliteration: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." (Underlined: Peter Piper picked peck pickled peppers)
• Allusion: "He was a real Einstein in the math class." (Underlined: Einstein)
• Hyperbole: "I've told you a million times not to do that." (Underlined: a million times)
• Idiom: "It's raining cats and dogs." (Underlined: It's raining cats and dogs)
• Imagery: "The warm sun kissed her skin as she walked on the soft, golden sand by the gently lapping waves." (Underlined: warm sun, soft golden sand, gently lapping waves)
• Meiosis: "It was just a small scratch" (when in reality it was a deep cut). (Underlined: small scratch)
• Metaphor: "Her eyes were diamonds." (Underlined: eyes were diamonds)
• Onomatopoeia: "The clock went tick - tock, tick - tock." (Underlined: tick - tock)
• Personification: "The wind whispered through the trees." (Underlined: wind whispered)
• Simile: "She was as busy as a bee." (Underlined: as busy as a bee)