Figures Of Speech

What does the following idiom mean: 'Get the show on the road'

• Put a play on a road

• Watch TV on the road

• Get started

• Watch a show about a road

What does the following idiom mean: 'A piece of cake'

• Easy

• Eat cake

• Baking a cake

• Decorating a cake

What does the following idiom mean: 'Butterflies in your stomach'

• Happy

• Hungry

• Nervous

• Mad

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"These walls have ears"
This sentence is an example of :

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"The baby's skin was like a rose petal"
This sentence is an example of:

• metaphor
• personification
• contrast
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"the leaves danced in the wind"
This sentence is an example of:

• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"I am so hungry that I can eat a horse"
This sentence is an example of:

• simile
• hyperbole
• personification
  
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"rain races ,ripping and restless in it's rage"
This sentence is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• contrast
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"the daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers"
This sentence is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A