Figurative Language Interpret Meanings

"Since the ball is in your court, what would you like to eat?" What does the underlined phrase mean?

• The speaker is not sure where he wants to eat.

• The speaker does not want to eat.

• The speaker will decide where they will eat.

• The speaker is leaving the decision of where to eat with someone else.

What does "add fuel to the fire" mean?

• put more logs on the fire

• add more problems to a situation

• dump gasoline on a fire

• add more sticks to a fire

Trying to get a serious answer from Jake is like pulling teeth. What does the underlined phrase mean?

• Jake is always serious.

• Jake is losing his teeth.

• Jake doesn't answer questions.

• Jake is always fooling around.

writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

• figurative language

• connotation

• gust

• research

the implied meaning of a word

• connotation

• connatation

• conotation

• conottation

What is being compared? The computer screen was a dark pool of knowledge.

• Computer and Dark

• Computer and Knowledge

• Screen and Pool

• Screen and Knowledge

What is being compared? Throughout the test, Jameela was as cool as a cucumber.

• Jameela and Cool

• Cool and Cucumber

• Test and Cucumber

• Jameela and Cucumber

What is the literal meaning? The hot wings sent fire down my throat.

• The hot wings were spicy

• The hot wings were flammable

• The hot wings were bland

• My throat is truly on fire

What is being compared? Her glasses were as shiny as two diamonds in the sunlight.

• Glasses and Diamonds

• Glasses and Sunlight

• Diamonds and Sunlight

• Glasses and Shiny

What is the literal meaning? The leaves danced joyfully throughout the meadow.

• The leaves moved in the wind

• The leaves learned to dance

• The leaves did a TikTok dance together

• The leaves turned blue