Figurative

Explain the meaning of the idiom "kick the bucket" below. My pet frog was so old that he finally kicked the bucket. We buried him in my backyard.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Explain the meaning of the idiom "break a leg" below:

I was so excited for my very first school play. As I walked onto the stage, my teacher whispered to me, "You can do this! Break a leg!"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.

The car seat is a fluffy cloud.

• The car seat is very comfortable to sit in.

• The car seat feels hard.

• The car seat is for a baby.

• The car seat is on a cloud.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The dropped package skidded like an Olympic bobsled across the icy sidewalk.
What two things are being compared in this sentence’s simile?

• the package and the sidewalk

• the Olympics and the icy sidewalk

• the movement of the dropped package and a bobsled

• the way the package was dropped and the Olympics

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.

• The stars are expensive.

• The stars are not out tonight.

• The stars were bright and sparkling.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The city was a jungle is an example of what?

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D