Literal and Figurative Language

Mark the following statement literal or figurative. If you choose figurative, also choose the type of figurative language.

Always try your hardest.

• Literal

• Figurative

• Personification

• Onomatopeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Mark the following statement literal or figurative. If you choose figurative, also choose the type of figurative language.

Look, a lovely lavender lily!

• Literal

• Figurative

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Mark the following statement literal or figurative. If you choose figurative, also choose the type of figurative language. I put some tea and water in the sun to make sun tea.

• Literal

• Figurative

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Mark the following statement literal or figurative. If you choose figurative, also choose the type of figurative language. Learning to read is a step-by-step process.

• Literal

• Figurative

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Thinking about our summer trip makes me feel like a bundle of joy and sunshine.

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• LITERAL LANGAUGE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Daniel thinks doing schoolwork is like a walk in the park.

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• LITERAL LANGUAGE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Christy may seem clumsy, but onstage she dances like a swan.

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• LITERAL LANGUAGE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• FIGURATIVE

• LITERAL

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

That day, the sun smiled upon us.

• FIGURATIVE

• LITERAL

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Angelo expresses his feelings through his paintings.

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• LITERAL LANGUANGE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4