Restart Figurative Language

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The best part is when the brushes come. It's as if I'm being attacked by two whirling monsters from Where the Wild Things Are" (Korman 51).

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? "There I am, clinging to the tricycle like it's the only thing keeping me from floating away into outer space" (Korman 52).

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

What does this figurative language describe? "I'm like a computer with its hard drive wiped clean" (Korman 3).

• Chase's memory loss.

• Chase's computer is broken.

• Chase likes to clean.

• Chase just took a shower.

What does this figurative language mean? "It's like reaching into a pocket for something that should be there but isn't" (Korman 5).

• Chase expects to remember things.

• Chase lost his phone.

• Chase wants to have more money.

• Chase is happy that he lost his memories.

What does this figurative language describe?"He sighs. 'Ants at a picnic, that's what you are'" (Korman 9).

• Chase's dad hates ants.

• Chase's dad thinks his mom is being smart.

• Chase's dad thinks his mom is ruining things.

• Chase's dad wants to have a picnic.

What does this figurative language help us understand?"I whip the camera away fast enough to leave a trail of burnt air hanging in the cafeteria" (Korman 29).

• That someone burnt their lunch.

• That Brendan slowly and carefully put his camera away.

• That Brendan loves making YouTube videos.

• That Brendan moved his camera really quickly.

What does this figurative language help us to understand?

• That Brendan has to hold on extremely tightly.

• That Brendan wishes he could be an astronaut.

• That Brendan is in danger of floating into space.

• That Brendan loves riding his tricycle.

What type of figurative language is this?

All the anger that's been building inside me since Joel left for Melton rises to t he surface like magma.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

What type of figurative language is this?

My mind is a black hole.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

What type of figurative language is this?

Recruiting him is like inviting a shark over for sushi.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia