Literal Nonliteral Language

Determine whether the expression below is meat to be figurative or literal. "My brother says that I will not pass math until pigs fly."

• Figurative

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Determine whether the expression below is meat to be figurative or literal. "I could barely speak because I had a frog in my throat from yelling at the concert."

• Figurative

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Determine whether the expression below is meat to be figurative or literal. "My teacher told me to pull myself together after my argument with a classmate."

• Figurative

• Literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

My little sister was playing with toy cars. She drove them over the carpet, the kitchen floor, and the coffee table. She even drove them up the walls!

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This room is an oven!

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

I've told you a million times!

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

My friend leaned over to me before we went on stage and said, "I have butterflies in my tummy!"

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

It's raining cats and dogs out there!

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Mrs. Messina always tells me, "You're a nut!"

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Sarah told her friend a secret and then her friend told the whole class. That left a bad taste in Sarah's mouth.

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4