Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Multiple Choice

Let's go out.

Sorry, I am busy. I .................. my sister with her Englsih homework.

• help

• helping

• am helping

Multiple Choice

Well-known YouTubers usually _____________ money from sponsors.

• get

• doesn't get

• are getting

• gets

Multiple Choice

Pew Die Pie ______________ to his studio every morning.

• is driving

• drives

• don't drive

• driving

Multiple Choice

What languages _______________ now?

• are you learning

• do you learn

• you learn

• you are learning

Multiple Choice

the correct sentence?

• When did they had breakfast?

• When they had breakfast?

• When did they have they lunch?

• When did they have breakfast?

Multiple Choice

I ..... in the cinema yesterday

• was

• were

• are

• is

Multiple Choice

The family _______________ (play) frisbee last weekend.

• plaied

• played

• plays

• not plaied

Multiple Choice

I __________ a member of the gym for five years.

• have been being

• has been being

• has been

• have been

personification

Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

Metaphor

Laughter is the music of the soul.

Simile

They fought like cats and dogs

onomatopoeia

he sack fell into the river with a splash.

Hyperbole

Youssef have a million things to do this week

Alliteration

Rhyme

Multiple Choice

1-What figurative language can be found in the following underlined

lines?

“Firework” - Katy Perry

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind

Wanting to start again

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards ,One blow from caving in

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

“You Begin” - Margaret Atwood

Outside the window is the rain,

green because it is summer,

and beyond that the trees and then the world,

which is round and has only the colors of these nine crayons. The imagery in this poem appeals to

• sight and hearing

• taste and touch

• hearing and taste

• sight and touch

Open Ended

1- A wicked whisper came and changed my

life…………..

2- In my dream, I was somewhere and I saw the cutler, antler,

battler

Identify the sound device

Open Ended

The leaves danced in the wind on the cold October

afternoon…………………………

Identify the figurative language

Open Ended

Her brain is the size of a pea…………………………………..

Identify the figurative language

Open Ended

4-“Woosh, woosh” of the howling wind can be heard in

darkness……………………………

Identify the figurative language

Identify the figurative language for each of the following sentences

Multiple Choice

"I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!" What type of figurative language is used here?

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Personification 
• Hyperbole 

Multiple Choice

"She soothed her secret sorrow." Choose the best answer: What figurative language device is being used in this sentence? 

• Alliteration 
• Personification 
• Hyperbole 
• Metaphor 

Multiple Choice

"Silver bells!... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night." This sentence includes what figurative language device? 

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia 

Multiple Choice

 “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!” is an example of what figurative language device? 

• Hyperbole
• Personification 
• Simile 
• Metaphor 

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a metaphor? 

• She is like a bear in the morning- grumpy and cruel. 
• The flower stretched her hand out to the sun, yearning for its' rays. 
• Her hair was silk. 
• Buzz, Hiss, Woof 

Multiple Choice

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that sound like what they mean

• an exaggerated statement

• a comparison using like, as, or than

• an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)

Multiple Choice

Chose the metaphor.

• The man is like a lion.

• The man is a lion.

Multiple Choice

Choose the simile

• The man is a lion.

• The man is like a lion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFAokA2g04

Open Ended

Provide your own sentences of one of the following types of figurative language: metaphor, simile, hyperbole, or personification.

Words that express onomatopoeia, alliteration, and rhyming words

Poll

How confident do you feel about your understanding of figurative language?

• I’m confused.

• I need more practice

• I’m ready to move on!

Analyze the meaning and the figurative language