Mr Grinch Figurative Language

Click on the metaphor.

• You're a bad banana with the greasy black peel

• You're as charming as an eel

• You're as cuddly as a cactus

Click on the simile.

• You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch

• You really are a heel

• You're as cuddly as a cactus

Why is Grinch compared to a cactus?

• Because they are both green

• Because they are both prickly

• Because they are both cuddly

"You're as charming as an eel" is a __________.

• simile

• Metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

"Oh, the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!" --> This is an example of

• repetition

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

"Your heart's an empty hole" is a ___________.

• simile

• metaphor

What else is the Grinch's heart compared to?

• a tomato

• a dump heap

• a heel

"He slithered and slunk with a smile most unpleasant...."

This is an example of _______.

• repetition

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Find the simile!

• He slunk to the icebox, he took the Who feast!

• He stuffed all the food up the chimney with glee

• He cleaned out that icebox as quick as a flash.

"He heard a small sound like the coo of a dove..."

This is an example of _______.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• repetition