Figurative language

What does the metaphor mean? My heart was a hot air balloon, soaring in the sky!

• The narrator was happy.

• The narrator was flying.

• The narrator was riding in a hot air balloon.

My heart was a hot air balloon, soaring in the sky!

• Simile

• Metaphor

What does this comparison mean? You are grinning like a raccoon!

• They have a big, possibly sneaky, smile.

• They have very sharp teeth.

• They may have rabies.

You are grinning like a raccoon!

• Simile

• Metaphor

What does this comparison mean? I felt like a butterfly when Mama tied the beautiful bow on my dress.

• The narrator feels beautiful, like a butterfly.

• The narrator has wings.

• The narrator's mother calls her a butterfly.

I felt like a butterfly when Mama tied the beautiful bow on my dress.

• Simile

• Metaphor

What does this comparison mean? Richard Bigtree was broad and built like a bear. He was as tall as a pine tree.

• Richard Bigtree is strong, tall, and muscled.

• Richard Bigtree is a bear.

• Richard Bigtree looks exactly like a bear.

Richard Bigtree was broad and built like a bear. He was as tall as a pine tree.

• Simile

• Metaphor

What does this metaphor mean? The flame tree's crimson petals covered the ground. We walked along the carpet of petals.

• They are walking over the petals as if it were a carpet

• The petals turned into a carpet

• There was a carpet made from the tree

The flame tree's crimson petals covered the ground. We walked along the carpet of petals.

• Simile

• Metaphor