Metaphors & Allusions

Metaphors & Allusions

Multiple Choice

A metaphor is what?

• is a fruit from Greece

• is a fancy way to compare things and give details

• compares two or more things without using as, like etc.

• is a asteroid that will blow up planet earth

Multiple Choice

When was the first Thanksgiving celebration?

• 1492, Columbus was really hungry when he got there!

• 1621, and it lasted 3 days

• 2016

• 2020, this is the first one :)

Multiple Choice

Uncle Jackson was a skyscraper standing next to Grandmother. This metaphor means that Uncle Jack

• was feeling superior to Grandmother

• was playing a joke on Grandmother by standing in a chair

• was much taller than Grandmother

• was clowning around

Multiple Choice

What does the word "ALLUSION" mean?

• hinting at events that will happen later in the story

• citing evidence word-for-word, with quotation marks and page numbers

• clearly stating the meaning of a word

• reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea of significance

Multiple Choice

About how many feathers does a mature turkey have?

• 5,000 to 6,000

• 500 to 600

• 5 to 6

Multiple Choice

What does this metaphor mean: "the classroom is a zoo"

• the classroom has many animals in it

• the classroom has many pictures of animals on the walls

• the classroom shows a lot of videos about animals

• the classroom is chaotic and filled with noisy students

Multiple Choice

Which figurative language is this? Don't be a Scrooge!

• personification

• pun

• idiom

• allusion

Multiple Choice

What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?

• The Creeks

• The Cherokees

• The Turkey Trots

• The Wampanoag

Multiple Choice

You are....... (Metaphor - finish the sentence)

• like a flower.

• awesome!

• wise as a mouse.

• such a clown!