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.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A

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.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

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.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A

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.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

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.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.6.7