Analyzing Figurative Language

What does the following simile really mean: I am as hungry as a bear! 

• The speaker has been eating all day. 
• The speaker doesn't have to eat any time soon. 
• The speaker is incredibly hungry.
• The bear has eaten the speaker.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification is used in this sentence to communicate what meaning: The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• that the players are not in control
• that the ball has legs
• how uncoordinated the player is
• that the ball had a mind of its own and bounced out of the player's hands

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Why does the writer use the following simile: Love gives me wings! 

• To show that love turns them into a bird
• To show that love makes them feel light 
• To show that love is the same as Red Bull 
• To show that love makes anything possible

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What imapct does the following hyperbole have on the reader? I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• The reader understands how tired the speaker is
• The reader understands how long the speaker is capable of sleeping 
• The reader had a good idea that the speaker is lazy
• The reader understands how little sleep teenagers get

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is meant by the following metaphor / personification combo? The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest.

• The snowballs were mutant and attacking the speaker
• The snowballs were painful as they hit the speaker's chest 
• The snowballs were being launched from guns
• The speaker is in a snowball fight

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The writer uses personificaiton in the following line to convey what meaning? The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• To show that the test taker was running out of time
• To make the sentence more interesting
• To make the reader think the setting is make believe
• To express that the test is so stressful the person is hallucinating

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days. 
What message does this metaphor convey?

• The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
• When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise. 
• The baby never smiled. 
• The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The fog crept across the lake - the writer used personification to convey what message?

• To convey that it was very foggy 
• To convey that the fog was on the lake and add to the tone 
• To convey that the fog moved eerily on the lake and add to the mood
• To convey the setting 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The dropped package skidded like an Olympic bobsled across the icy sidewalk.
Hoe does this simile impact the reader's understanding? 

• The reader understands that the setting is winter 
• The reader understands how large the package was 
• The reader understands how smoothly the package was sliding
• The reader understands that there is a new Olympic event

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What message does the following metaphor convey? Sally is the sun in my life.

• It conveys that Sally is yellow.
• It conveys that Sally is standing on the roof.
• It conveys that Sally is important to the speaker. 
• It conveys that Sally is far way from the speaker. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7