Figurative Language Worksheets

What type of figurative language is shown?
Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What type of figurative language is shown?

The thunder boomed in the storm.

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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