Figurative Language Tools

You're as charming as an eel

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Alliteration

I was a zombie this morning.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Penelope sprinted like a cheetah all the way down to the royal dress shop to choose the perfect dress.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

How would you edit this statement with alliteration

Perfect _________

• Necklace

• Phone

• Party

• Flower

What is the meaning of this idiom?

She went bananas when she realized she won the spelling bee.

• She was really excited

• She went to go eat bananas

• She felt sad

• She was somewhat happy

Identify the hyperbole.

When Maria went to the apple store she wasn't expecting to spend an arm and a leg. She looked at each phone, inspecting them like a detective. It took her a million years to decide on the phone that she would buy.

• it cost her an arm and a leg

• she inspected them like a detective

• it took her a million years to decide

Which of these is a hyperbole?

• The boy was taller then me.
• He had a bite-sized candy bar.
• They lived in a small house.
• The boy was taller than Earth.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

As cheap as

• gold
• a new car
• a diamond ring
• dirt

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an idiom?

• A comparison not using like or as
• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sounds repeated

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Example: Don't worry! Riding your bike down the hill is a piece of cake.

What does a piece of cake mean?

• there is cake at the bottom of the hill

• the bike tastes like cake

• the ride will be really difficult

• the ride will be easy

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B