Figurative Language with the Grinch

Calling the Grinch a heel is comparing him to something "low" or at the bottom. "You really are a heel" is what form of figurative language?

"Cuddly as a cactus" is a simile that compares what?

• Being cuddly with something like a prickly cactus.

• The desert with the act of hugging.

• A cactus with someone who is mean.

What type of figurative language is being used in the lyric "your heart's an empty hole"?

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Answer explanation

The heart, as an organ, is not empty and calling it an empty hole suggests the Grinch really is hateful and mean - especially because we relate the heart with the idea of love. It's like saying the Grinch is unable to love or care for anything. It's kind of like saying someone doesn't have a heart.....It's a bit much, right?

"Your brain is full of spiders, You've got garlic in your soul." is an example of what type of figurative language?

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Why is saying that someone wouldn't touch the Grinch with a "39 and a 1/2 foot pole" a hyperbole?

• It seems unlikely someone would carry around a pole that long.

• 30 and 1/2 feet is really long.

• There is no such thing as a 39 and a 1/2 foot pole.

"Your heart is full of unwashed socks" and "Your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable mangled up in tangled up knots!" creates _____________for the listener to help explain how this person feels about the Grinch.

• love

• imagery

• warmth

"The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: "Stink! Stank! Stunk!" You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch. You're the king of sinful sots!" is a good example of the use of (a)   to make the lyrics flow and sound nicely.

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• metaphor