Literal or Figurative

She cried a river.

• Figurative Language

• Literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

I'm so hungry , I could eat a horse.

• Figurative Language

• Literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

She is as fast as a cheetah!

• Figurative Language

• Literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Time is gold.

• Figurative Language

• Literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The sky is full of dancing stars.

• Figurative Language

• Literal meaning

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

"If you think I'm going to tell the scary upstairs neighbor that his music is too loud, you're nuts!"

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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