Figurative Language

Swagger sat serenely on a sofa sipping strawberry soda. What figurative language is shown?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

The wind whispered through the trees. What figurative language is this AND what does it literally mean?

• Personification; The wind is keeping a secret with the trees.

• Personfication: The wind gets in trouble from Mother Nature when it's too loud.

• Personification: The wind is not making a lot of noise.

• None of the above.

What is the meaning of this idiom?

"If you think I'm doing all your chores and mine today," Ben told his older brother Max who was lounging on a chair playing with his phone, "you're barking up the wrong tree."

• Max wants to be a dog.

• Ben has his own personal tree as a pet.

• Ben is not going to do what his brother wants.

• None of the above.

The moon stirred my imagination. What figurative language is this?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tessa toddled to a tune to visit ________. Complete this sentence so it continues the alliteration.

• Sam

• Bob

• Tori

• Aunt Alice

Mary found her sister sitting alone beneath a tree. "A penny for your thoughts?" Mary said.

What does this idiom literally mean?

• Mary's sister is looking for money to buy presents for Christmas

• Mary wants to know what her sister is thinking about.

• Mary wants her sister to give her a penny so she can think about the penny.

• Mary wants the tree to talk,

She likes ice cream for breakfast.

What figurative language is shown?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• None of the above. Nothing is being compared. She just likes ice cream. She isn't like the ice cream.

The last day of school is like ice cream on a hot, summer day,

What figurative language is shown?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• None of the above

What does this simile literally mean?

When Lily runs the hurdles, she is like a hungry lion.

• Lily eats hurdles for lunch.

• Lily has hair like a lion and her stomach growls a lot,

• Lily is a fierce competitor when she runs hurdles.

• Lily brings her pet lion to track meets, and when the meet is over, her lion eats the hurdles.

What does this idiom literally mean?

"Do your homework!" Dad sighed looking at his ten year old son. "Quit worrying about what college you're going to go to. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it."

• The college his son wants to go to is over a big bridge.

• They'll deal with choosing a college when they need to, not now,

• His son is afraid of bridges.

• The dad is afraid of bridges.