Figuring out figurative language!

Metaphors, similes, hyperboles, and more – let’s figure out figurative language!

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11+ Questions

Figurative Language

#reading #FigurativeLanguage

llamaswag, 03/10/2017 answers
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  1. What figurative language is this?
    Metaphor Hyperbole Simile Personification
  2. What figurative language is this?
    Hyperbole Alliteration Idiom Metaphor
  3. What figurative language is this?
    Simile Personification Onomatopoeia Hyperbole
  4. What figurative language is this?
    Onomatopoeia Hyberbole Idiom Irony
  5. What figurative language is this?
    Personification Alliteration Metaphor Hyperbole
  6. What figurative language is this?
    Simile Personification Metaphor Idiom
  7. What figurative language is this?
    Hyperbole Simile Alliteration Personification
  8. What figurative language is this?
    Personification Alliteration Simile Metaphor
  9. What figurative language is this?
    Idiom Metaphor Simile Personification
  10. What figurative language is this?
    Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Simile Personification

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Figuring Out Figurative Language!

Identify definitions for figurative language as well as examples for metaphors, similes, personification, metaphors... #simile #metaphor #personification #hyperbole

rarndt, 11/07/2014 answers
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  1. Last night, I slept like a log.
    Simile Metaphor
  2. Please don’t just sit there like a bump on a log.
    Simile Metaphor
  3. My brother is boiling mad.
    Simile Metaphor
  4. Life is a roller coaster.
    Simile Metaphor
  5. Arg! Watching that movie is like watching paint dry.
    Simile Metaphor
  6. Our soldiers are as brave as lions.
    Metaphor Simile
  7. They are as funny as a couple of monkeys.
    Personification Simile Metaphor
  8. The fire swallowed the entire forest.
    Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole
  9. Mrs. Arndt is older than dirt!
    Metaphor Simile Hyberbole
  10. The flowers danced in the gentle breeze
    Hyperbole Simile Personification

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Figurative Language Formative Assessment

formative assessment

leadav, 10/19/2015 answers
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  1. A Broken Heart
    Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification
  2. My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.
    Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification
  3. This pizza is as cold as ice!
    Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification
  4. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
    Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification
  5. The flame of the candle danced in the dark.
    Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification
  6. This bag weighs a ton!
    Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification
  7. I caught the biggest fish in the world!
    Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification
  8. The sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds
    Simile Metaphor Hyperbole ersonification
  9. Life is like riding a bicycle.
    Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification
  10. The world is your oyster.
    Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification
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Idioms? Idioms!

Idioms? Idioms! is a fun way for students to figure out idioms, using context clues. #englishlanguagearts #5thgrade #6thgrade #contextclues

PiersolMiller, 03/23/2015 answers
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  1. His punishment was just a slap on the wrist.
    somone slapped him a major punishment a minor punishment community service
  2. We're all in the same boat
    we're going sailing we're similar we're in a crowd we're getting wet
  3. I bit off more than I can chew
    I took on too much I can't eat another bite I could have done more Yum!
  4. The game was coming down to the wire
    It wasn't even close It was almost over It was surrounded by wire The score was close
  5. That's the best thing since sliced bread!
    I'm so hungry! Best thing ever! Bread = yum! Working together!
  6. That's just the tip of the iceberg
    Icy conditions ahead! That's the top part It's cold outside There's more to this
  7. You're pulling my leg!
    Stop teasing me Ouch! You're hurting me. I don't want to go along Don't make me do it
  8. On Saturday, they'll tie the knot.
    take a ropes course work together get married get divorced
  9. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel
    better days are ahead still a long way to go it's dark in here there's a train coming
  10. We're just going to shoot the breeze.
    have gun practice stand in the wind talk check the temperature
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Idioms

Common English idioms

carterk, 08/17/2014 answers
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  1. What does it mean to be as sick as a dog?
    really sick tired cute and cuddly
  2. If you are a couch potato, then you are very....
    happy silly mean lazy
  3. If it happens once in a blue moon, then it happens....
    all the time sometimes not very often every other day
  4. It's raining cats and dogs means...
    it's raining very hard it's sprinkling the sun is out cats and dogs are falling from the sky!
  5. If the cat's got your tongue, then....
    your pet is stealing your tongue you can't talk you won't be quiet you're sticking your tongue out
  6. What does this idiom mean?
    don't carry kitties in bags put your pets in a bag don't spoil the secret cats are dangerous
  7. What does this idiom mean?
    be patient! hold on while you're riding a horse! act like a cowboy hurry up!
  8. Piece of cake means...
    I'm hungry it's yummy it's hard it's easy
  9. Zip your lips!
    act silly talk really loud Be quiet put a zipper on your mouth

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