Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language: The new teacher is as tall as a giraffe.
Simile
Identify the subject: Jason works at 5 o'clock.
Jason
Identify the predicate/verb: Jack loves garlic bread.
Loves
Identify the preposition: The cat on the table is named Winona.
On
I sent Bobby to the store. Because we’d ran out of milk.
I sent Bobby to the store because we ran out of milk.
Identify the type of figurative language: Love is a battlefield.
Metaphor
Identify the subject: Nick is sleeping in.
Nick
Identify the predicate/verb: "Forty percent if all people know that" (Homer Simpson)
Know
Identify the preposition: The bell will ring at 9:15.
At
He fell into a deep meditative state, his pulse slowed down to practically nothing.
He fell into a deep meditative state, and his pulse slowed down to practically nothing. (A comma and a coordinating conjunction join the two independent clauses.)
Identify the type of figurative language: The radio stared at me.
Personification
Identify the subject: We are watching the new Avengers movie.
We
Identify the predicate/verb: That points to the North Pole.
Points
Identify the preposition: I cook with a lot of butter.
With
Henry bought the Christmas tree Lois put it up and decorated it.
Henry bought the Christmas tree; Lois put it up and decorated it.
Henry bought the Christmas tree, and Lois put it up and decorated it.
Identify the type of figurative language: The fireplace heater hissed and cracked.
Onomatopoeia
Identify the subject: They are football players.
They
Identify the predicate/verb: Becky lives in Dublin.
Lives
Identify the preposition: "Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes." (Jim Carrey)
Behind
The son are expected to take over the business when Mr. Panne retires.
The son is expected to take over the business when Mr. Panne retires. (The subject is singular, so the verb is singular.)
Identify the type of figurative language: I have told you a million times to wash the dishes.
Hyperbole
Identify the subject: Take out the trash, please.
Understood you
Identify the predicate/verb: Some things are better left unsaid.
Are
Identify the preposition: "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." (Albert Einstein)
Between
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