Figurative Language

1. Click to continue Figurative Language

2. Click to continue Click to return to choices Instructions • To advance to the next slide, click only on areas like or • On multiple choice questions, click on the answer of your choice. Click to continue

3. Click to continue Figurative Language • Simile: compares two things using like or as Ex: The sun was like a ball of fire in the sky. • Metaphor: compares two things without using like or as Ex: The horses’ hoof beats were thunder as it ran through the canyon.

4. Click to continue Figurative Language • Personification: gives human qualities to something that’s not human Ex: The leaves danced in the breeze. • Alliteration: repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words Ex: While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.

5. Click to continue Read the following examples of figurative language. Choose the correct answer.

6. I waddle when I walk. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

7. Click to continue Correct! I waddle when I walk.

8. Click to return to choices Try that one again. I waddle when I walk.

9. My little brother is a pain in the butt. • A. Simile • B. Metaphor • C. Personification • D. Alliteration

10. Click to continue Correct!

11. Click to return to choices Try it again.

12. 3. The kettle hissed as it heated on the stove. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

13. Click to continue Yes!

14. Click to return to choices No, try again.

15. Her feelings are as fragile as a teacup. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

16. Click to continue Nice answer!

17. Click to return to choices Look at it again.

18. Lee was so scared being alone in the house that he turned as white as a ghost when he heard the noise. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

19. Click to continue Good answer!

20. Click to return to choices Sorry, not that one.

21. 6. The clouds wept large tears during the storm. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

22. Click to continue Good answer!

23. Click to return to choices Try again

24. 7. I work so hard during the year that I am a couch potato during vacation. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

25. Click to continue Good answer!

26. Click to return to choices Try again

27. 8. From space, the Earth looks like a blue and white marble. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

28. Click to continue Correct!

29. Click to return to choices Try again

30. 9. Our new stylist is a magician with hair. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

31. Click to continue Yes!

32. Click to return to choices No, try again.

33. 10. “…give the buried flower a dream; make the settled snowbank steam.” • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

34. Click to continue Nice answer!

35. Click to return to choices Try again

36. 11. Horns honked angrily as drivers became more impatient. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

37. Click to continue Yes!

38. Click to return to choices Try again

39. 12. The forest was as quiet as a falling leaf. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

40. Click to continue Correct!

41. Click to return to choices Try again

42. 13. The birds shivered when the icy wind blew. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

43. Click to continue Nice answer

44. Click to return to choices Try again

45. 14. The full moon is a bright coin in the night sky. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

46. Click to continue Yes!

47. Click to return to choices Try again

48. 15. A bright star winked at me from the night sky. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration

49. Click to continue Yes!

50. Click to return to choices Try again