Figurative language

The snow was as white as a cloud.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• fluffy

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

• simile
• metaphor

The band played as loud as a sonic boom.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• eardrums

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

The flute sang out beautifully during the concert.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• Adele

My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.

• simile
• metaphor
• personfication
• smelly

After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hot chocolate

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

He is one tough cookie.

• He eats a lot of cookies
• He likes cookies
• He works hard

The boy "cried wolf" means...

• He asked for help when he didn't need it.
• He shouted very loudly.
• He complained all the time.