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.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“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.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

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