Thanksgiving Figurative Language

Dad said, I'm so hungry I could eat a million turkeys." This sentence is an exampe of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• a hyperbole

Uncle Jackson was a skyscraper standing next to Grandmother. This metaphor means that Uncle Jack

• was feeling superior to Grandmother

• was much taller than Grandmother

• was playing a joke on Grandmother by standing in a chair

• was clowning around

Snow sparkled in the trees like mounds of tiny diamonds. The figure of speech in the above sentence is

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

A cluster of leaves trying to find shelter from the chilly wind scurried through the opened back door. The movement of the flying leaves is presented as

• A simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• an onomatopoeia

Maybelle the cat howled like a coyote when Grandfather stepped on her tail. The two things being compared in this simile are

• Grandfather and the cat

• the noise Maybelle made and a coyote's howl

• Grandfather's accident and Maybelle's howl

• Maybelle's pain and a wild coyote

Within a few minutes, Maybelle was purring on her cozy couch cushion. The figure of speech in this sentence is

• a simile

• a hyperbole

• a metaphor

• alliteration

Aunt Millicent's old car ______________ up the driveway. Which of the following phrases can be placed in the blank so that the sentence illustrates the use of a metaphor?

• crept

• moved like a turtle

• was a snail moving

• moved slowly

Mom and Grandmother rushed around the kitchen ________________. Choose a simile to finish the sentence.

• in a big, busy hurry

• without bumping into each other

• like bumper cars at a carnival

• with spoons and spatulas in their hands

Clatters and clangs from a dropped lid brought the rushing to a temporary halt. The figure of speech illustrated in this sentence is

• a hyperbole

• onoatopoeia

• a simile

• a metaphor

Grandmother overcooked the fudge, and it was a rock when she tried to cut it. The sentence about Grandmother's fudge contains

• a smilie

• a metaphor

• personification

• a hyperbole