Halloween Figurative Language

Jason was a hungry goblin wolfing down a handful of miniature candy bars.

The figure of speech in this sentence is...

• a simile

• a metaphor

• a hyperbole

• an idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Tattered curtains hanging in the windows waved to groups of trick-or-treaters who scurried by.

What figure of speech is present in this sentence?

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Shadows from the tree's limbs reached out like an octopus and grabbed at the sidewalk.

The simile in this sentence compares

• shadows to octopus arms

• a tree to a shadow

• a tree to an octopus

• an octopus to a sidewalk

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The sudden chill in the air took my breath away.

The idiom in this sentence is

• sudden chill

• in the air

• the air took

• took my breath away

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

One corner of our back yard is buried under a million leaves that have blown into a drift against the fence.

This sentence illustrates the use of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• an idiom

• a hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Dad is a library of information about all the natural phenomena behind seasonal changes.

The metaphor in the above sentence indicates that Dad

• Talks about the weather a lot

• knows a lot about the weather

• has a job that involves the weather

• is a teacher

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Lonnie howled like a coyote when her brother scored the winning touchdown.

What two things are compared in this sentence’s simile?

• the touchdown and Lonnie’s brother

• a score and a coyote

• the sound that Lonnie made to a coyote’s howl

• Lonnie’s excitement to winning.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

“October’s poplars (trees) are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.” Nova Bair, American poet and musician

What is the figure of speech in this sentence?

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A row of flickering jack-o-lanterns grinned at us menacingly as we made our way to the front door.

The personification in this sentence gives a human characteristic to

• a door

• trick-or-treaters

• jack-o-lanterns

• a candle

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Oh, so carefully I carried my mile-high ice-cream cone across the freshly raked yard and climbed the ladder to my tree house.

The hyperbole in the above sentence is

• the freshly raked yard,

• mile-high ice-cream cone,

• climbed the ladder,

• Oh, so carefully.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4