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b. The child is a ball of sunshine.
- The child is very happy and cheerful.
Which one of the phrases below is a metaphor?
a. He is loud like a lion. b. The child is a ball of sunshine. c. Her cheeks turned as red as a tomato. |
c. My dad is as strong as an elephant.
- The dad is very strong.
Which one of the phrases below is a simile?
a. His room is a pig's pen. b. The classroom is a zoo. c. My dad is as strong as an elephant. |
a. That was a piece of cake
- That was very pretty
Which one of the phrases below is an idiom?
a. That was a piece of cake. b. That was very easy. c. That tasted like cake. |
a. I'm so. hungry, I could eat a horse.
- It's impossible to eat an entire horse, so they are exaggerating.
Which one of the phrases below is hyperbole?
a. I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse. b. I'm as hungry as a horse. c. The horse ate lots of food. |
c. The leaves danced in the wind
Which one of the phrases below is personification?
a. The leaves are everywhere. b. Your eyes are as green as leaves. c. The leaves danced in the wind. |
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a. You are very smart.
What does the metaphor below mean?
Your brain is a computer. a. You are very smart. b. You talk a lot. c. You are nice |
a. Those friends are close.
What does the simile below mean?
Those friends are like two peas in a pod. a. Those friends are very close. b. Those friends like to eat peas. c. Those friends are the color green. |
b. She was very happy.
What does the idiom below mean?
She was on cloud nine. a. She was flying. b. She was very happy. c. She was loud. |
c. I really want to be with you.
What does the hyperbole below mean?
I would climb 5 mountains to be with you. a. I like climbing mountains. b. I'm strong enough to climb mountains. c. I really want to be with you. |
b. The flowers are too dry and need to be watered.
- Begging is something you do when you really want something, so you ask desperately for it.
What does the personification below mean?
The flowers are begging for water. a. The flowers are asking for water. b. The flowers are too dry and need to be watered. c. The flowers like drinking water. |
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Come up with a metaphor to describe a person who is very pretty.
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Answers vary (give the points if it matches)
Come up with a simile to describe someone who has very light skin.
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a. He gave me the cold shoulder.
- He was ignoring you.
Read the scenario below, then select which idiom matches it.
Your friend is mad at you, so he doesn't want to talk to you. a. He gave me the cold shoulder. b. He broke the ice with me. c. He slipped my mind. |
Answers may vary, but a sample answer would be:
I've told you a million times!
Read the scenario below, and come up with a hyperbole to match it.
Your mom keeps asking you to clean your room, but you forget. What is something the mom would say? |
Answers may vary, but sample answers would be:
- The fire ran through the forest. - The bright fire roared in the fireplace. (Give the points if their sample matches)
Make a personification sentence using the word: fire
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