Celebrating April with Figurative Language III

Mr. Grayson’s April Fools’ prank was about as funny as getting a flu shot. The failure of Mr. Grayson’s April Fools’ joke is described by

• a simile

• a metaphor

• a hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

In our school library, even the ticking clock is as quiet as a mouse. The two things being compared in this sentence’s simile are

• the library and a clock

• the clock and a mouse

• the library and a mouse

• ticking and the clock

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Expecting Brian to go more than twenty minutes without telling a joke is about as realistic as expecting a boa constrictor to double as a tape measure. Brian’s tendency to constantly tell jokes is described by

• a hyperbole

• alliteration

• a simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

After an hour in the wind being dragged around by my kite, I came inside and drank a gallon of water in one gulp. Which of the following phrases from the sentence is a hyperbole?

• after an hour

• being dragged around

• came inside and drank

• a gallon of water in one gulp

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Read to Me" by Jane Yolen

Read to me riddles and read to me rhymes

Read to me stories of magical times

The two lines from the poem illustrate

• a metaphor

• a hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

With the signal to begin the egg hunt, the children were excited honeybees racing from plant to plant in search of a spot of color. Which phrase would change the bold print metaphor into a simile?

• flying honeybees

• ready to go

• like excited honeybees

• eager to go

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Trying to find something in my brother’s messy room is about as easy as locating a black hat in a dark room. The boy’s messy room is described by

• a simile

• a metaphor

• a hyperbole

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The winning runner crossed the finish line like a fox eluding wolves. The sentence’s simile suggests that the winning runner was

• really exhausted

• one of a group who finished together

• moving at a strong pace

• barely able to move

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The house was surrounded by a picket fence as straight and white as a mouth full of perfect teeth. The two things being compared in this simile are

• the house and the picket fence

• the picket fence and teeth

• surrounded and straight

• the house and teeth

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The kite was a prehistoric reptilian bird, darting around the sky in search of prey. What figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence?

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D