Figurative Language - Lesson 2

Figurative Language - Lesson 2

Idioms, Irony, Puns, Personification, Onomatopoeia AND MORE...

Multiple Choice

Did you hear about the guy who lost his left arm? He’s all right now

• Idiom

• Pun

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What does it really mean? "It's a piece of cake."

• Something is easy.
• Something is delicious.
• Something is soft and warm. 

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What is a couch potato?

• A person who likes to eat potatoes on the couch.
• A potato pillow.
• A person who likes to sit and watch tv on the couch.
• A person who likes to play hot potato.

Multiple Choice

What is an idiom?

• A bird?

• A group of words that begin with the same sound.

• A word or phrase that does not mean what it says.

Multiple Choice

She is walking on eggshells means...

• She is learning how to walk.
• She is in the chicken coop.
• She is trying not to upset anyone.

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After a busy day, Cammy couldn't wait to hit the hay.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

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The sun was a gleaming pearl.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

What does the idiom "Break a leg" mean?

• Break your leg.

• Legs can be broken.

• Good luck

Multiple Choice

"It was raining cats and dogs" is an example of what?

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

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Tanya never stops talking.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

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The sunflowers nodded in the wind.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

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We welcomed all the wise men from the West.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

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The candle flame danced in the dark.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

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My dad knows everything about cars.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

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Best Buy is a real world example of a(n)

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an alliteration?

• Erin cooked cupcakes in the kitchen.

• She happily helped Henry hang up the decorations.

• The lion licked his lips.

• The tank ran everything over.

Multiple Choice

What two things are being compared in the metaphor:

"Her tears were rivers flowing down her cheeks."

• her and cheeks

• rivers and flowing

• tears and rivers

• rivers and cheeks

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The camper was a chicken when he heard a growl in the forest.

• Greg is a thirty year old baseball player.

• The baby ate like a bird during dinner.

• The twins fight like cats and dogs.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a simile?

• When we had a substitute, the classroom was a zoo.

• Olive was a star on the stage.

• Lynne likes peanut butter and pickle sandwiches for lunch.

• The boy sounded like a screaming baby when he didn't get his way.

Multiple Choice

Carlos never sits still. He must have ants in his pants.

• Idiom

• Pun

Multiple Choice

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity.  I can't put it down.
Pun?

• Yes
• No

Multiple Choice

Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
Pun?

• Yes
• No

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of personification?

• The sun smiled at us

• The sun is like a light bulb

Multiple Choice

I was so hungry I could eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Not Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• simile and personification

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Multiple Choice

At the recital, Olivia's fingers danced over the keyboard.

• Olivia was a weak piano player.
• Olivia didn't know how to play; she just pounded the keys.
• Olivia played the piano easily and beautifully.

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The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.
• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
• The car is very new.

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What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.