Unit 3 Skill Review

What type of figurative language is this:

It's raining cats and dogs!

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

She is as brave as a lion.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Identify the type of figurative language used here:

The wind whispered through the trees.

• Personification

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence:

He has a heart of stone.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Personification

What type of figurative language is this:

Jim laughs joyfully at jokes.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Simile or metaphor?

Boys are like parking spots, all the good ones are taken.

• Metaphor

• Simile

Simile or metaphor?

Ms. Ogle acted like a beast when she didn't get her morning Starbucks coffee.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Simile or metaphor?

The students are sloths when they walk through the hallway.

• Metaphor

• Simile

Simile or metaphor:

He is a couch potato

• Metaphor

• Simile

Identify the sentence that uses figurative language:

• "The leaves fell softly to the ground."

• "Her smile was as bright as the sun."

• "The book was on the wooden table."

• "The car is very fast."