Figurative Language
Identify and interpret similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, and idioms.
Identify and interpret similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, and idioms.
Language Arts - Grade 6-8
- 1
Identify the figurative language and explain its meaning: 'The classroom was a zoo before the teacher arrived.'
- 2
Identify the figurative language: 'Her voice was as smooth as velvet.'
- 3
Identify the figurative language: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'
- 4
Identify the figurative language: 'I've told you a million times to clean your room.'
- 5
What does the idiom 'break a leg' mean?
- 6
Write your own simile that compares the feeling of nervousness.
- 7
How does personification help a reader connect to descriptions of nature?
- 8
Write one example each of a metaphor, a hyperbole, and an idiom.
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