Halloween Figurative Language

Front

Identify the figure of speech: Jason was a hungry goblin wolfing down a handful of miniature candy bars.

Options: a simile, a metaphor, a hyperbole, an idiom

Back

a metaphor

Front

What figure of speech is present in the sentence: "Tattered curtains hanging in the windows waved to groups of trick-or-treaters who scurried by."? Options: a simile, a metaphor, personification, a hyperbole.

Back

personification

Front

The simile in the sentence "Shadows from the tree's limbs reached out like an octopus and grabbed at the sidewalk" compares

Back

shadows to octopus arms

Front

Identify the idiom in the sentence: "The sudden chill in the air took my breath away."

Back

took my breath away

Front

This sentence illustrates the use of:

a simile

,

a metaphor

,

an idiom

,

a hyperbole

Back

a hyperbole

Front

What does the metaphor "Dad is a library of information about all the natural phenomena behind seasonal changes" indicate?

Back

knows a lot about the weather

Front

What two things are compared in the simile: "Lonnie howled like a coyote when her brother scored the winning touchdown"?

Back

the sound that Lonnie made to a coyote’s howl

Front

What is the figure of speech in the sentence: “October’s poplars (trees) are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.”

Back

a metaphor

Front

The personification in the sentence "A row of flickering jack-o-lanterns grinned at us menacingly as we made our way to the front door." gives a human characteristic to: a door, trick-or-treaters, jack-o-lanterns, a candle.

Back

jack-o-lanterns

Front

Identify the hyperbole in the sentence: "Oh, so carefully I carried my mile-high ice-cream cone across the freshly raked yard and climbed the ladder to my tree house."

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mile-high ice-cream cone