Figurative Language Intro Lesson

Figurative Language

Students will be able to identify different types of figurative language.

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Multiple Choice

What does figurative mean?

• the literal meaning of a word

• a word or phrase that does not have the normal everyday meaning

Multiple Choice

MOST of the songs you listen to have figurative language in them.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• Her heart was as cold as ice.

• The leaves danced in the wind on the cold October afternoon.

• The bees buzz angrily.

• Her hair is silk.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• Her heart was as cold as ice.

• The leaves danced in the wind on the cold October afternoon.

• The bees buzz angrily.

• Her hair is silk.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The mall was a circus.

• She was smarter than Einstein.

• Betty baked brownies for her best friend Billy.

• The wood hissed and crackled as it burned.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of personification?

• Sarah sang a song of happiness.

• The sun played hide and seek behind the clouds.

• Time is money.

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Multiple Choice

Which is an example of hyperbole?

• The leaves crunched under my boots.

• Peter picked plenty of pretty peonies for the party.

• Time is money.

• I could smell his stinky feet from a mile away!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of Onomatopoeia ?

• The mall was a circus.

• She was smarter than Einstein.

• Betty baked brownies for her best friend Billy.

• The burning wood hissed and crackled as it burned.

Open Ended

Write your own example of figurative language based off of this picture! (think winter, snow, cold)