Adages, Proverbs, Hyperboles, and Imagery (R.L.9.1)

Birds of a feather flock together.

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Adage

• Proverb

What does "Birds of a feather flock together" mean?

• Birds fly together.

• People are friends with others that have similar interests.

• People are all different.

• Birds only fly alone.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Adage

• Proverb

What does "Don't judge a book by its cover" mean?

• It is okay to judge people before you know them.

• Don't judge someone before you get to know them.

• The cover of a book tells us everything.

• You know a person just by how they look.

Allie had a million pairs of shoes in her closet.

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Adage

• Proverb

What does "Allie had a million pairs of shoes in her closet" mean?

• She has exactly 1,000,000 pairs of shoes.

• She loves to wear shoes.

• She has a lot of shoes in her closet.

• She has a massive closet

Forget knocking it out of the park, Frank can knock a baseball off the continent.

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Adage

• Proverb

1.    What does “Forget knocking it out of the park, Frank can knock a baseball off the continent” mean?

• Frank cannot hit a baseball.

• Frank can hit a baseball very far.

• Frank is not good at baseball.

• Frank can hit a baseball to second base.

Two heads are better than one.

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Adage

• Proverb

What does “Two heads are better than one” mean?

• Two people working is better than one person working.

• Two heads on one person is better than one.

• Two heads is better than just one head.

• Two people cannot work as well as one person can.