Figurative Language

A literal statement is

• a statement that could never happen

• a statement that means exactly what it says

• A statement that has a different meaning than what it says

• something exxagerated

A simile

• an exaggeration

• a comparison that does not use like or as

• a comparison that uses "like" or "as"

• a literal statement

A metaphor is

• a comparison that does use "like" or "as"

• a hyperbole

• a comparison that does not use "like" or "as"

The friends were like "two peas in a pod". What is being compared in this sentence?

• the friends and the pod

• the friend to the other friend

• the friends and the peas

To "take a trip down mwmory lane" means to

• stay in one lane

• think about the past

• go on vacation

Which is an example of an hyperbole?

• Abigail finds it hard to put her book down before she reaches the end.

• Abigail loves to read comic books.

• Abigail has read at least 10 million books by now.

"The stories mom reads to me at night sings me to sleep". This is an example of

• hyperbole

• exaggeration

• personification

Which sentence contain a simile?

• The owl howled into the night

• After school he'd run from class

• He moves as fast as the wind

Which is a metaphor?

• He moved as fast as the wind

• He left his friends behind at school

• His feet were lightning and couldn't be beat.

"Steve, your house is so far from town I could have reached the moon in the time it took me to get here."

Why does the writer use this hyperbole?

• To show that Steve's house if far from the moon.

• To show that Steve's house is far from the town.

• To show that he or she would rather travel to the moon.