Figurative Language Review MP 3

Name

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

1. I looked out the window and everything was static. Nothing moved. Not the wind, not the grass, not even the lone bird on a tree branch. Static means

• lonely
• still
• active
• far away

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

2. The sounds of the street can roaring in through my window. It was too hard to stay asleep so I decided to get up. --"roaring in through my window" means

• it was really loud
• it came in real fast
• it was very bright
• the window broke

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3. Walking along the muddy path was like walking in cement, but we trudged along the best we could. This means..

• The path was new and clean.
• Walking was easy
• They were building something
• Walking was slow

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

4. Just as I was about to pick up the lizard, it darted under the rock and was gone. Here darted means

• stabbed
• moved quickly
• moved slowly
• threw something

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

5. Not another Zoom meeting, I thought. My chair was a rock and I just wanted to move around. "My chair was a rock" means..

• the chair was uncomfortable
• the chair was comfortable
• the chair was too low
• the chair was heavy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6. Using alliteration, the next best word in this sentence would be: Little Lilly lamb was long lost and ...

• hurt
• hungry
• missing
• lonely

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7. Justin was excited to go to the museum to see the new dinosaur exhibit. Taylor was feeling indifferent, she thought it sounded like a lot of work and would have been ok to skip the trip. What 2 words are antonyms?

• exhibit, work
• excited, indifferent
• see, thought
• museum, trip

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

8. What is the best example of personification?

• The red car zoomed down the street like a jet.
• The sounds of the fair were so loud they hurt my ear.
• The bird flew up to the window and said, "hello!"
• The water rushed down the stream and into the lake.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

9. The kids asked for more recess but they were barking up the wrong tree. Barking up the wrong tree means

• to be mistaken
• to keep doing something
• to go very high
• to be very loud

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B