Figurative Language

Choose the correct type of figurative language.

We had to line up in a queue which wasn’t much fun. The queue was as slow-moving as a turtle crossing muddy ground.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Choose the correct type of figurative language.

My friend doesn’t have a lot of tact or manners. He doesn’t always mean to, but he hurts people’s feelings by calling them names. He’s like a bull in a china shop.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Choose the correct type of figurative language.

We stayed on the beach until the sun went down. The beach is our playground and the sun is our closing sign.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Choose the correct type of figurative language.

Maria couldn’t take her eyes off the candle on the table. The flame danced in front of her, gracefully bending, turning, and reaching out to the music only it could hear.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Choose the correct type of figurative language.

My mouth is on fire! I need water! I can’t believe that I just ate that habanero pepper.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom.

He got off on the wrong foot with his new teacher.

• To have two choices, and neither option is pleasant

• Made a poor impression

• To brag

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom.

She is between a rock and a hard place.

• To have two choices, and neither option is pleasant

• To tell a secret

• When a person says something they now regret

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom.

Don’t let the cat out of the bag.

• To brag

• To tell a secret

• Staring over on a project

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom.

She got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

• A past experience that a person doesn't want others to know about

• Telling a lie

• To wake up in a bad mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom.

She put her foot in her mouth.

• To be very expensive

• To brag

• When a person says something they now regret

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B