Figurative Language in Holiday Movies

"Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small, will stand close together with Christmas bells ringing. They'll stand hand in hand, and those Whos will start singing."

-How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

• imagery

• hyperbole

• simile

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"You sit on a thrown of lies."

--Elf

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Wrapping all of those presents was a piece of cake!

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The holiday lights danced to the music.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The pie my mother made was begging me to eat it.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The snow danced through the sky as it fell to the ground.

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Our house had the most lights on it ever!

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times.
Is an example of...

• hyperbole

• symbols

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which figurative language is used in the sentence: 'The Christmas tree stood proudly in the corner, its branches reaching out like welcoming arms'?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figurative language in this sentence: 'The holiday cookies were calling my name from the kitchen.'

• A) Hyperbole

• B) Personification

• C) Simile

• D) Metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A