Figurative Language

The girl slept like a rock.

What two things are being compared?

• the girl and sleeping

• the girl and a rock

• rocks and sleeping

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

A picture is worth a thousand words.

What does this idiom mean?

• the picture is expensive

• a picture can have words

• if you have a thousand dollars you can get a picture

• pictures can give more details than words

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

The mouse danced through the forest.

What type of figurative language is this sentence?

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The road to my school is thousands of miles long.

What type of figurative language is being used?

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The road to my school is thousands of miles long.

What does this figurative language mean?

• The school is on a road.

• The road is very long.

• The school is thousands of miles long.

• There are thousands of ways to get to the school.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

The road was as flat as a pancake.

What figurative language is being used in the sentence?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Explain the meaning of the simile below.

The road was as flat as a pancake.

• The road was the color of a pancake.

• The road was very flat.

• The road had a lot of bumps

• The road was really long.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Tim is a walking dictionary!

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the meaning of the sentence:

Tom is a walking dictionary?

• Todd likes to read.

• Todd looks like a dictionary.

• Todd knows the meaning of many words.

• Todd is an actual dictionary.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The trees danced is an example of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3