What is the example of hyperbole in this passage?
✔ metaphorsimilepersonificationhyperbole
metaphor✔ similepersonificationhyperbole
metaphorsimilepersonification✔ hyperbole
Identify each example as a metaphor, simile, personification, or hyperbole.
Based on the image, decide which type of figurative language each sentence uses.
What kind of figurative language does the passage use?
Identify the literal meaning of this metaphor: “My dreams crumbled into ash.”
Which metaphor could replace the literal sentence “Simon’s year at school was sometimes hard and sometimes easy”?
✔ Ben and a snakeBen and a plate of sandwichesa plate of sandwiches and a snake
Which simile could replace the literal sentence “The store was very crowded with people dashing around”?
They can struggle.✔ They can touch.They wear clothing.
My brother and his friends are wild animals!✔ Yesterday, they destroyed the kitchen beyond repair.a whole bottle of grape juice spilled on the floor
Use the context clues to figure out the meaning of the simile “sleeps like a dolphin.”
Use the context clues to figure out the meaning of the idiom “got the green light.”
Consider the passage with figurative language compared to the passage you wrote. What was the effect of the figures of speech on the first passage? Check all that apply.It made the writing lively.It made the writing interesting to visualize.It gave less information.It added comparisons.It made the passage shorter.
They are scaly.✔ They swallow their food whole.They don’t have arms or legs.
The brother and his friends are irresponsible.The brother and his friends eat too much.✔ The kitchen was very messy.
Ben digested the sandwiches very slowly.✔ Ben ate the sandwiches very quickly.Ben ate the sandwiches without using his hands.
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