Figurative Language and Meanings

Figurative Language

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled

peppers.

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What type of figurative language is this?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

My backpack weighs a ton!

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What type of figurative language is this?

• Idiom

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

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What does this sentence mean figuratively?

• My backpack is easy to carry.

• My backpack is very heavy.

• My backpack weighs 2000 lbs.

• My backpack is very big.

The students were as quiet as a

mouse.

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What type of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

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What does this sentence mean figuratively?

• The room was very quiet.

• The room is filled with mice.

• The students are mice.

• The room is very noisy.

The flowers danced in the wind.

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What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

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What does this sentence mean figuratively?

• The flowers grew legs and started dancing around.

• A tornado was about to hit the flowers.

• There wasn't any wind.

• The flowers were blowing in the wind.

The bees buzzed around the hive.

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What type of figurative language is this?

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Her hair was fire flowing from her

head.

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What type of figurative language is this?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

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What does this sentence mean figuratively?

• The woman's hair produced fire.

• The woman's head was on fire.

• The woman's hair was bright red.

• The woman had very dull hair.

It’s raining cats and dogs.

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What type of figurative language is this?

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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What does this sentence mean figuratively?

• Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.

• It's raining lightly outside.

• There are a lot of cats and dogs outside.

• It's raining really hard outside.