ULTIMATE FYE LANG CHALLENGE

Stop being a couch potato!

Turn off the TV and do something with your life.

• a person who spends a lot of time watching television with little or no physical activity

• to take a break

Find the meaning of the 
raining cats and dogs

• raining lightly
• raining heavily

Which of the following is the correct definition of idiom?

• a statement that expresses some kind of truth about human nature
• comparing two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as"
• an old saying that is believed to be true and is advice on how to live
• an expression that doesn't literally mean what the words say 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Identify the metaphor

• My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
• My heart is a muscle.
• My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
• My heart is like a muscle.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is figurative language?

• Language that means more than what the words say.
• Language that means just what the words say.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Simile or Metaphor:
Math is like a puzzle that never ends.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

As old as ______

• the hills
• a mouse
• a bird

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
He was a rock and would not budge on the issue.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
The house was lonely and desolate while the family was away.

• personification
• hyperbole 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A