Figurative
As I began walking home, the sky started raining cats and dogs. I had to hurry and get under a roof.
What does raining cats and dogs mean?
a. it's raining a lot, b. cats and dogs began to fall from the sky, c. raindrops looked like cats and dogs, d. dogs chased cats in the sky.
a. it's raining a lot.
I had to wait forever before my mother came to pick me up.
a. figurative, b. literal
a. figurative
Mr. Weir cried when his class got 100% on the test.
a. figurative language, b. nonfigurative language
b. nonfigurative language
Please don't break a leg climbing the ladder.
a. Figurative, b. Literal
a. literal
I asked her to keep it a secret, but she spilled the beans anyway. What does spilling the beans mean?
a. actually spilling beans on the floor, b. keeping secrets, c. being a blabbermouth, d. telling people about a secret.
Both c. and d. work.
As the bell crept up on recess time, Mr. Weir's students asked if they could go early. Mr. Weir said, "When pigs fly." The students were sad and they groaned with displeasure. What parts of this paragraph have nonliteral meanings?
a. bell crept up on recess, b. go early, c. When pigs fly, d. students were sad, they groaned with displeasure.
a and c
My friend lost his cool when he found out that he had to miss recess. What does losing your cool mean?
a. Put on a coat, he is losing heat., b. recess was cold, c. losing control of emotions and getting angry, d. lost a coat
c. losing control of emotions and getting angry.
After the teacher said, "Quiet please," the noise in the class died down. What does died now mean?
a. getting louder, b. getting quieter, c. students lying down, d. teacher getting noisier
b. getting quieter.
When I fell down and bumped my head, I saw stars and my head was spinning. Which statements are correct?
a. I saw star can be both figurative and literal.
b. My head was spinning is figurative language.
c. I fell down is literal.
d. I bumped my head is nonliteral.
a, b, and c.
The multiplication timed test was a piece of cake.
a. Literal, b. nonliteral
b. nonliteral
He was on pins and needles waiting for his grades.
a. This literal means what it says.
b. This does not mean what it says.
b. This does not mean what it says.
Good students might not like to do their homework, but they decide to bite the bullet and do it anyway. Which statements are true?
a. Like to do their homework is figurative language.
b. Bite the bullet is figurative language.
c. Do it anyway is figurative language.
d. This paragraph doesn't have examples of figurative language in it.
b.
After losing the game, Tim left to blow off some steam.
a. Figurative, b. literal
a. figurative
When the class all got 100% on the test, Mr. Weir broke down and cried tears of joy. He was proud of his class for having the top scores.
Which parts of the paragraph are figurative language. 2 answers.
a. all got 100%, b. broke down, c. tears of joy, d. proud of his class, e. top scores.
b and c.
Mr. Weir's electric bike cost an arm and a leg. Now he has a hard time walking and writing. Which statements are true?
a. This paragraph is not really serious.
b. Costing an arm and a leg means it was cheap.
c. Costing an arm and a leg means expensive.
d. If this has a literal meaning, that would be really horrible for Mr. Weir.
a, c, and d