High School Figurative Language

Read the text below. Is it an example of LITERAL or FIGURATIVE language?

• Literal

• Figurative

Read the text below. Is it an example of LITERAL or FIGURATIVE language?

"My mother has told me to clean my room a gazillion times today!"

• Literal

• Figurative

What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?

His heart raced.

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

What does the figurative language in the following sentence mean?

His heart raced.

• His heart was like a car on a race track.

• The person's heart was beating fast.

• His race car made his heart beat faster.

What does the figurative language in the following sentence mean?

Dan Morgan had been grinning from ear to ear about this field trip since his first week of school.

• He had a mask hanging on his ears.

• He was happy.

• His smile was so large it almost reached his ears.

What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?

Dan Morgan had been grinning from ear to ear about this field trip since his first week of school

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The puppy says, "I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant."
How does this phrase show hyperbole?

• He likes the way elephant taste

• He isn't very hungy

• The puppy doesn't like dog food

• The puppy is very hungry

Zane Dupree was getting so much new information all at once that he felt like he was like trying to get a drink from a fire hose.
What does the simile in the example mean?

• Zane is taking in the information easily

• He was overwhelmed with information

• Zane was thirsty

• Zane felt the information he was getting would be useless

The rooftops of houses looked like islands, poking up from beneath the surface of the flood waters.
What is the meaning of the simile?

• The rooftops were surrounded by water

• The rooftops were covered with sand and palm trees

• The rooftops were a great place to relax

My alarm clock shouted its sound, telling me to wake up.
How does the use of personification help the reader understand the message?

• The alarm clock was quiet.

• The alarm clock was loud.

• The alarm clock was turned off