Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Multiple Select

Check all responses that ARE similes.

• Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

• Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.

• I like to eat steak and potatoes.

• He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.

• He is as fast as a cheetah.

Multiple Choice

Make this a simile.  She sings...

• at lunch
• at the crowd
• like a bird
• very well

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?
My teacher is a dragon.

• Metaphor
• Simile

Multiple Choice

"Love is an open door"

-Frozen

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. What is being personified?

• The forest

• The wind

• A person whispering

Multiple Choice

"As Campbell twirled, her headband angrily slapped Mrs. Brennan across the face."
What human characteristic is being given?

• Twirling
• Dancing
• Flying
• Slapping

Multiple Choice

Select the statement that features a hyperbole.

• Kaliyah went to Six Flags recently.

• Grandmother is older than the hills.

• Outside was extremely cold.

• Chips and guacamole are so delicious.

Multiple Choice

Helen is only a fair-weather friend. That's why

• We got out only when the weather is fine

• She is the person who I can trust

• I can't rely on her in difficult situations.

Multiple Choice

Grace gets to go to Gatlinburg for getting good grades.

What is this an example of?

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

Which example below is an example of an oxymoron?

• It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.

• He ate flaming hot Cheetos.

• A little pain never hurt anyone.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?

• When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.

• It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.

• After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.

• Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!

Multiple Choice

Which part of the sentence is an allusion: Something weird is going on--my spidey sense is tingling.

• Something weird

• spidey sense

• is going on

• weird

Multiple Choice

Which part of the sentence is an allusion: If they keep pushing me, I'm going to turn into the Hulk.

• If they keep

• keep pushing me

• I'm going to turn

• turn into the Hulk

Multiple Choice

Irony usually involves something that is 

• false
• silly
• unexpected
• unimportant

Multiple Choice

What is the foreshadowing in this passage?

It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps, and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

• A)That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.

• B)That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.

• C)They were about to eat breakfast.

• D)That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.