Upper Grades Figurative Language

Poll

Is the following sentence literal or figurative?

Grant always turns in his homework.

• Literal

• Figurative

Multiple Choice

Literal Language is...

• Not saying exactly what you mean

• Using nuanced words and meaning

• Saying exactly what you mean

• Being mean to a person

Multiple Choice

Is the follow sentence literal or figurative?

I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

• Literal

• Figurative

Multiple Choice

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

This is an example of...

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• oxymoron

Multiple Choice

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

This is an example of...

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

Multiple Choice

Susan suddenly stretched slowly. 

This is an example of...

• allusion

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

This is an example of...

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

The band played to a small crowd at the concert.

This is an example of...

• personification

• paradox

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

Multiple Choice

The west wind dances down the road.

This is an example of...

• oxymoron

• paradox

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

This is an example of...

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• oxymoron

Multiple Choice

“Death, thou shalt die.”

This is an example of...

• paradox

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole