Figurative Language in Legend of Sleepy Hollow

What does the author mean when they say Ichabod Crane's arms "dangled a mile out of his sleeves"?

What does the author mean when they say, "What fearful shapes and shadows jumped across his path!"

• Shadows are jumping on a trampoline

• Shapes are jumping like a rabbit

• Ichabod's imagination is making him feel like shadows are jumping out at him.

What does the author mean when they say, "Whenever a crazy prank occurred in the neighborhood, people whispered that Brom Bones must be at the bottom of it."

• The prank is on top of Brom Bones.

• Brom Bones put the prank in the bottom of a drawer.

• Brom bones is the person who pulled the prank.

Which type of figurative language is being used in this example: "His elbows stuck out like a grasshopper’s, and as he rode his arms flapped like a pair of wings."

• Simile

• Metaphor

What does the author mean by, "A splash beside the bridge caught his ear"?

What does the author mean when they say, "lchabod rained kicks upon his horse."

• Kicks rained down from the sky onto the horse.

• Ichabod pulled the reins.

• Ichabod kicked his horse many times to make it go fast.

When the author says, "He saw the horseman rising up in his stirrups, preparing to hurl his head at Ichabod. Ichabod tried to dodge the horrible missile, but he was too late," what are they referring to?

• A bomb

• The horseman's head

• A grenade

Which type of figurative language is being used in the following example?

"He tumbled into the dust, as the rider passed by like a whirlwind."

• Simile

• Metaphor

Match the figurative language device with the correct definition.

• Giving an object human qualities

• Personification

• A comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Simile

Which type of figurative language is used in the example below?

"To see him striding along on a windy day, with his clothes fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for a scarecrow."

• Simile

• Metaphor