Non-Literal Language

Cinderella says, "My stepsisters had been meaner that a mule today!"

What does "meaner than a mule" mean?

• they are mules

• they have been really mean

• they have been kind of mean

• they are nice

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Cinderella says she "toils around the clock"

What does that mean?

• she works during the day

• she is working on a clock

• she works really hard

• she works all of the time

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the meaning of this sentence?

It was colder than a snowball wrapped in an icicle!

• it was very cold

• there was snow

• a snowball was inside an icicle

• it was a little cold

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

When Cinderella's stepsisters say she is a "thorn in their sides", it means that she ______them

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does "gentle as a lamb" mean?

• fluffy

• scary

• soft

• won't hurt you

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

When you are really nervous you might say

• I have butterflies in my stomach

• I'm quick as lightning

• That's easy as pie

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

When you are proud of yourself you might say:

• We're in the same boat

• I'm on top of the world

• I'm on pins and needles

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"blind as a bat" means:

• I'm a bat

• it's night time

• can't see well

• I'm flying

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"It's raining cats and dogs"

• Cats like rain

• dogs like rain

• cats and dogs are falling from the sky

• Its raining really hard

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

You drive me bananas

• literal language

• non-literal language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4