Figurative Language Worksheet

What type of figurative language is shown?
Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

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.

Explain the meaning of the simile below.

The road was as flat as a pancake.

• The road was the color of a pancake.

• The road had a lot of bumps.

• The road was very flat.

• The road was in Waco.

Explain the meaning of the simile below.

Anna cried like a baby.

• Anna was sleepy.

• Anna's cry was high-pitched.

• Anna cried for two minutes.

• Anna would not stop crying.

Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.

Todd is a walking dictionary!

• Todd knows the meaning of many words.

• Todd looks like a dictionary.

• Todd has a dictionary with him.

• Todd is actually a dictionary.

Explain the meaning of the personification below.

The trees danced in the wind.

• The trees were falling down.

• The trees were swaying back and forth.

• The wind was really loud.

• The trees were doing the griddy.

Explain the meaning of the personification below.

It's raining cats and dogs!

• Cats and dogs are crying.

• Cats and dogs are falling out of the sky.

• It's raining a little bit.

• The sky is pouring down rain.

Select ALL of the examples of alliteration.

(Hint: First SOUNDS repeat)

• The phone pinged.

• Kingston ate cookies, cupcakes, kiwis, and candy.

• Jazlyn jumped!

• The chef chopped carrots.

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!"