5th Grade Figurative Language Lesson

Figurative Language

Multiple Choice

Is the following an example of figurative or literal language?

"My shoes were hiding under the bed."

• Figurative

• Literal

Multiple Choice

Is the following an example of figurative or literal language?

"The mountains are my best friend. They are my place of refuge."

• Figurative

• Literal

Multiple Choice

Is the following an example of figurative or literal language?

"The snow was like a blanket covering the ground."

• Figurative

• Literal

Multiple Choice

Is the following an example of figurative or literal language?

"I would have liked to rest my brain before having to do my homework."

• Figurative

• Literal

Multiple Choice

What is being compared in this simile?

"The forest was as quiet as a falling leaf."

• Forest to a leaf

• Leaf to the forest

• The forest to quietness

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of this simile?

"The forest was as quiet as a falling leaf."

• The leaves were quiet as the fell in the forest.

• The forest is filled with leaves.

• The forest is a quiet place.

Multiple Choice

What is being compared in the following metaphor?

"The sea was a sheet of glass."

• Sea to a sheet of paper

• Glass to sea

• Sea to glass

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the following metaphor?

"The sea was a sheet of glass."

• Glass floated in the sea.

• The sea was very calm.

• The glass tasted salty.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the following personification?

"The house breathed in the smell of the chocolate chip cookies!"

• Chocolate chip cookies were being made in the house.

• The house smelled like chocolate chip cookies.

• The house was baking cookies.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the following use of personification?

"The morning sun greeted the valley below."

• The sun spoke kind words to the valley.

• The sun was setting at the end of the day.

• The sun was rising in the morning.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the following idiom?

"Sarah and Molly had a ball at the cheer competition."

• Sarah and Molly were playing with a ball at the cheer competition.

• Sarah and Molly had a good time.

• Sarah and Molly danced at a ball.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the following idiom?

"The mama bear took the abandoned bear cub under her wing."

• The bear took care of the cub.

• The bear wrapped up the cub in her wing.

• The bear took flight.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the following use of hyperbole?

"The days leading up to Christmas break were never ending!"

• Time went by quickly leading up to Christmas break.

• There was no Christmas break.

• Time went by slowly leading up to Christmas break.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the following use of hyperbole?

"I nearly died laughing when my friend told me a joke at lunch."

• This person had a near-death experience.

• This person's friend made an inappropriate joke about death.

• This person laughed hard at the joke.