Literal/ Non-Literal Language

There was a little bird sitting outside my window chirping and whistling all day long. It drove me up the wall!

• Literal
• Nonliteral

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

I've told you a million times!

• 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

Please pick up your art supplies and put them away.

• Literal
• Nonliteral

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The moldy cheese left a bad taste in her mouth.

• 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

What is the sentence saying?
Our new house costs a BAZILLION dollars! 

• my family spent a bazillion dollars on a new house
• the house was very expensive

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

My friend leaned over to me before we went on stage and said, "I have butterflies in my tummy!"
What is the literal meaning of "butterflies in my tummy?"

• sick
• nervous
• dancing
• singing

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What's the meaning?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

• She spits when she talks.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4