Figurative Language Lesson Part 2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a SIMILE?

• The sun was as bright as it was yesterday.

• The sun was bright.

• The sun was a lightbulb in the sky.

• The sun was like a lightbulb in the sky.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a METAPHOR?

• The sun was as bright as it was yesterday.

• The sun was bright.

• The sun was a lightbulb in the sky.

• The sun was like a lightbulb in the sky.

Open Ended

According to the poem, list 3 things that FOOTBALL and WAR have in common.

Match

Match the following

• Tone

• Mood

• Metaphor

• Simile

How the author feels about something

How the reader feels about something

Comparing two or more unlike things without using "LIKE" or "AS"

Comparing two or more unlike things using "LIKE" or "AS"

• How the author feels about something

• How the reader feels about something

• Comparing two or more unlike things without using "LIKE" or "AS"

• Comparing two or more unlike things using "LIKE" or "AS"

Multiple Choice

Read the following lines from the poem "My Heart Leaps Up."

My heart leaps up when I behold

A rainbow in the sky;

What is the author's tone in the lines of this poem?

• Sadness

• Joy

• Leaping

• Rainbows

Poll

Read the following lines from the poem "My Heart Leaps Up."

My heart leaps up when I behold

A rainbow in the sky;

What mood or feeling does the poem create?

• Sadness

• Joy

• Leaping

• Rainbows

Open Ended

Read this metaphor:

The coiled spring of anger sat in his heart.

Anger and a coiled spring are not the same, however, in what way are they alike?

Open Ended

Read this metaphor:

The coiled spring of anger sat in his heart.

What mood or feeling does this metaphor create? Why?

Open Ended

Rewrite the following sentence using FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE and tell what type of figurative language you used.

Cheryl heard music as she was out taking a walk. It sounded very nice.