Figurative Language

Use the following passage to answer the question.

Cupcake Creations

(1) I love to bake, especially cakes and cupcakes. There are so many ways

you can change a classic cake or cupcake recipe to make it completely new. My

latest creation is a dark chocolate cupcake with cherry flavored frosting. Yum!

(2) However, not all of my recipes have turned out well. Sometimes some

flavors just should not be combined! I learned that the hard way.

(3) A few months ago, I was working on a batch of cupcakes for my older

brother. He loves drinking soda, and his favorite food is bacon. I thought I was a

genius for coming up with sweet and salty cupcakes topped with crumbled bacon.

Turns out that cupcakes infused with orange soda and frosted with bacon bits

taste really, really bad. The cupcakes were a total disaster!

(4) Now, I am much more careful about the cupcakes I make. I always

make sure that ingredients go together before I add them to my cupcakes!

Why does the author tell the story in paragraph 3 of the passage?

• to show how to make a tasty cupcake

• to show example of different cupcakes that can be made

• to give an example of a recipe not turning out well

• to give an example of famous pastry chefs

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Use the following passage to answer the question.

Cupcake Creations

(1) I love to bake, especially cakes and cupcakes. There are so many ways

you can change a classic cake or cupcake recipe to make it completely new. My

latest creation is a dark chocolate cupcake with cherry flavored frosting. Yum!

(2) However, not all of my recipes have turned out well. Sometimes some

flavors just should not be combined! I learned that the hard way.

(3) A few months ago, I was working on a batch of cupcakes for my older

brother. He loves drinking soda, and his favorite food is bacon. I thought I was a

genius for coming up with sweet and salty cupcakes topped with crumbled bacon.

Turns out that cupcakes infused with orange soda and frosted with bacon bits

taste really, really bad. The cupcakes were a total disaster!

(4) Now, I am much more careful about the cupcakes I make. I always

make sure that ingredients go together before I add them to my cupcakes!

In paragraph 3 the author uses _______

• an anecdote

• a simile

• assonance

• alliteration

Us e the passage to answer the question below.

One of the best things I can remember ever happening is when I was

snorkeling in Hawaii, and I came face to face with a giant sea turtle. One

minute, I was swimming with a school of little silvery fish, and the next

minute – BAM! There he was, right in my face. He was so cool! I was nose-

to-nose, eye-to-eye, with his beak-like snout and big, black almond eyes.

The sunlight shining through the surface of the water made his shell kinda

shimmer with all kinds of yellow, green, and gold colors. He stared me in the

face for awhile – I guess he was thinking maybe I had some food, or

something? – and then he just started swimming again, using his giant,

leathery flippers to glide silently through the water. I was able to swim right

alongside him for awhile. That was amazing, by the way! I pretended I was

a giant sea turtle, too! But then he just disappeared into the murky depths,

and he was gone as fast as he'd appeared. Wow! That was one of the most

awesome things that ever happened to me – so far.

Which two phrases below are examples of imagery from the passage?

• school of little silvery fish

• snorkeling in Hawaii

• one of the most awesome things

• disappeared into the murky depths

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Nearing the end of his journey, the warrior sat, wearily. Before him stood the mountain, which

was a mighty tree stump rising above the wilderness.

He looked around. Moonlight covered the rocks like a layer of ice.

He looked up. The mountaintop was shrouded in darkness.

Bolts of lightning danced across the southern sky. In the light, he saw shape of a toothless,

laughing face. It was cut from the living rock of the mountain.

Legend told of the face frozen in rock, the home of Eldor the Wise.

He imagined, briefly, that he could reach out and touch the great wizard’s castle.

He shivered.

Having completed the easy part of his journey, all that was left for him to do was climb the

mountain and meet his fate.

The author describes the mountain as a mighty tree stump to show how the mountain--

• is seen by the warrior as being like a small hill

• stands above everything that surrounds it

• has been cut down by a lumberjack

• will be as easy to climb as a big, strong tree

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Read the following lines:

Ships slip into the ink-dark harbor,

with little lit windows and sound.

Which of the figurative language devices below is used in the poem?

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

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Which of these is an example of a simile?

• It was cut from the living rock of the mountain.

• Bolts of lightning danced across the southern sky.

• The mountaintop was shrouded in darkness.

• Moonlight covered the rocks like a layer of ice.

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Which two phrases in the passage that are examples of imagery

showing what the turtle looked like?

One of the best things I can remember ever happening is when I was

snorkeling in Hawaii, and I came face to face with a giant sea turtle. One

minute, I was swimming with a school of little silvery fish, and the next

minute – BAM! There he was, right in my face. He was so cool! I was

nose-to-nose, eye-to-eye, with his beak-like snout and big, black

almond eyes. The sunlight shining through the surface of the water made

his shell kinda shimmer with all kinds of yellow, green, and gold colors. He

stared me in the face for awhile – I guess he was thinking maybe I had

some food, or something? – and then he just started swimming again, using

his giant, leathery flippers to glide silently through the water. I was able to

swim right alongside him for awhile. That was amazing, by the way! I

pretended I was a giant sea turtle, too! But then he just disappeared into

the murky depths, and he was gone as fast as he'd appeared. Wow! That

was one of the most awesome things that ever happened to me – so far.

• One minute, I was swimming with a school of little silvery fish, and the next minute – BAM!

• I was nose-to-nose, eye-to-eye, with his beak-like snout and big, black

  almond eyes.

• But then he just disappeared into

  the murky depths, and he was gone as fast as he'd appeared.

• The sunlight shining through the surface of the water made

  his shell kinda shimmer with all kinds of yellow, green, and gold colors.

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(1) Carrie was rushing to get to an event. She had woken up late this morning, and if she

wanted to get to the event on time, she had to hurry. She decided to take a shortcut through

the park.

(2) As she hurried through the park, she heard a voice call out, "Help! Someone please help!"

Carrie came to an abrupt stop and checked her watch. The event started in twenty minutes,

but she decided that she was close enough that she could stop and help this person first.

(3) "I'm here!" Carrie called as she jogged over to the person calling for help. "Are you okay?

How can I help?"

(4) The person was a little boy. His eyes were red, and his cheeks were wet with tears. "I'm

lost," he said, sniffling. "I was with my mom, and now she's gone!"

(5) "It's okay!" Carrie said, trying to reassure him. She bent down and rubbed his back

soothingly. "I'll help you find your mom, okay? Can you tell me which entrance you came in

from?"

(6) "There you are!" a voice yelled as Carrie was finishing a story about an octopus and a

dolphin. The little boy was swept up into a hug by a frazzled looking woman. "I've been

looking for you everywhere!"

(8) "I'm okay," the boy said, hugging his mom back. "This nice lady waited with me and made

sure I was okay."

(9) After waving goodbye to the little boy and his mom, she remembered to check her watch

again. It was 30 minutes past the start time of the event! She was definitely late now, but

maybe they would still let her in? She sure hoped so. Carrie started jogging through the park.

Which sentence from Paragraph 4 use imagery?

• "I was with my mom, and now she's gone!"

• His eyes were red, and his cheeks were wet with tears.

• "I'm lost," he said, sniffling.

• The person was a little boy.

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