Figurative Language Pre/Post

Determine the meaning of the metaphor in the sentence below:

The dinner of chicken and rice was a king’s feast to the hungry baseball team.

• The king threw an after-party for the baseball team after winning the game.

• The baseball players had never had anything fancy to eat like chicken and rice.

• The baseball team ate at an extravagant buffet after the game.

• The players were so hungry that their dinner seemed extravagant.

After Dan climbed the steep hill, his legs were rubber.
What type of figurative language is used?

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• idiom

Which is a hyperbole?

• The house smelled of delicious brownies.

• My mom is going to kill me when I get home.

• I wish I could just click my heels

• Peter piper picked peppers

Which figurative language is a reference to something else, like in pop culture or history

• imagery

• personification

• allusion

• idiom

Answer explanation

An example....I wish I could just click my heels

Which figurative language is when you give a non-human a human characteristic?

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• foreshadowing

What is the figure of speech?

Talking to him was as frustrating as eating a hamburger with freshly painted nails.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Imagery

What is the figure of speech?

Smiling faces, rustling papers, the swish of feet swinging back and forth; the class began cheerfully with students reading and writing and humming the school fight song.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Imagery

What is the implication of the simile in the sentence below?

Gwen is on a roller coaster of emotions.

• She is having fun.

• She is scared

• She is having lots of different feelings.

• She feels so blessed and thankful.

This refers to the writer’s use of vivid and descriptive language that appeal to the senses in order to add depth to his/her work.

• Description

• Imagery

• Senses

• Symbols

what is being personified?

“the lightning danced across the cloudy sky”

• the sky

• lightning

• clouds

• nothing this isn’t a personification