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Grade 5 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.5.4, L.5.5, L.5.5a
What does this metaphor mean to you? "My sister has a heart of stone."
  1. My sister is really strong.
  2. My sister is really brave.
  3. My sister is really uncaring.
  4. My sister is actually a statue.
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.5.4
Malkia was on cloud nine. After all of her hard work, she had been voted the sophomore class president. Malkia had known she would get her friends' votes, but she had never expected to win. She had thought long and hard on her campaign until deciding that starting a recycling program was important to her. While other students talked about adding a vending machine here or spending more money on prom there, Malkia took her mother's advice: to take the bull by the horns. Her mother knew she could make a difference if she took a strong stance on her chosen issue.
On the day of her speech, Malkia was on pins and needles. She couldn't believe she had to speak in front of the whole school. Right before she started speaking, she thought to herself, Cross your fingers this goes well. After she finished her speech, the entire auditorium gave her a standing ovation. She realized that the entire class agreed that it was time for the student council to really make a difference. She was proud to be part of a group of people who wanted change and were willing to work for it. Winning the election was just the icing on the cake.

What is the meaning of to take the bull by the horns?
  1. to lose one's self-esteem
  2. to make a fool of oneself
  3. to try to fight an animal
  4. to take strong action
Grade 5 Idiom
What does "walking on eggs" mean?
  1. Trying to be quiet
  2. Walking on eggs and trying not to break the shells
  3. Cooking breakfast
  4. Very close to getting into serious trouble
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Read the stanza below from Dr. Seuss's book called 'West Beast East Beast
Upon an island hard to reach,
The East Beast sits upon his beach.

This is an example of:
  1. personification
  2. idiom
  3. assonance
  4. alliteration
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.5.4
Even though Vinny was a great soccer player, he had never run a race in his life. So he was floored when Coach Briggs asked Vinny if he had ever thought about running track. "Me? But I don't run races, sir. I just place soccer. I would be in over my head running track!" Vinny said.

"You race against other players in soccer, don't you? So running is a piece of cake," Coach Briggs said. "This is just a little faster, and you don't have to kick a ball at the same time. With my help, the sky is the limit! It might even make you a better soccer player."

After thinking it over, Vinny agreed to come out to the next track practice. The first day, Vinny realized track wasn't as easy as it sounds. Because Coach Briggs thought him to be a natural runner, he threw Vinny out of the frying pan and into the fire. Vinny had to run against the school track star, Jose. Jose easily beat Vinny, and Vinny was embarrassed to face the team the rest of the practice.

After practice, Vinny approached Coach Briggs. "Look, I appreciate the chance, but track is just not for me. Soccer is easy and fun; track is hard, and I am just no good at it. I think I should just stick to soccer."

"Vinny," Coach Briggs said. "I never said track would be easy, but it has only been one day. Whenever you try something new, you have to go for broke. It won't always be easy, but I believe you will be a great runner one day. Maybe you will even be a star."

What is the meaning of the idiom "piece of cake"?
  1. unusual
  2. exciting
  3. dangerous
  4. easy
Grade 5 Figurative Language

This question is a part of a group with common instructions. View group »

In the poem "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," the phrase "like a diamond in the sky" is an example of:
  1. metaphor
  2. personification
  3. simile
  4. hyperbole
Grade 5 Poetic Devices CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.5.5
Identify the type of poetry:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
  1. Quatrain
  2. Cinquain
  3. Couplet
  4. Acrostic
Grade 5 Figurative Language
I jumped so high I touched the sky is an example of:
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. hyperbole
  4. idiom
Grade 5 Metaphor
An expression that makes an imaginative comparison between two different things, without using words such as "like," or "as" is called a:
  1. metaphor
  2. simile
  3. personification
  4. none of the above
Grade 5 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.5.4, L.5.5, L.5.5a
"The leaves fall like big pennies." The two words being compared are leaves and pennies.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Figurative Language
"He has a heart of stone."
This sentence is an example of a simile.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Figurative Language
"Our teacher is sick as a dog!"
This sentence is an example of a simile.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Poetic Devices CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.5.5

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What type of poem is this an example of?
  1. sonnet
  2. villanelle
  3. haiku
  4. acrostic
Grade 5 Figurative Language
A comparison that uses "like" or "as" is a:
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. hyperbole
  4. personification
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5, L.5.5b
Which of the following is an expression that means something different from what it says is?
  1. connotation
  2. simile
  3. idiom
  4. hyperbole
Grade 5 Idiom
This TV show is boring. Watching this show is like
  1. fighting a crocodile.
  2. reading an exciting book.
  3. watching paint dry.
  4. driving a racing car.
Grade 5 Simile
"After he runs, my dog lays like a hippo," is an example of what type of figurative language?
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. personification
  4. alliteration
Grade 5 Figurative Language
I've told you a million times to clean your room. This is an example of a...
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. personification
  4. idiom
  5. hyperbole
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5b
Read the sentences below.

Two weeks ago on Saturday, my friend Justin and I were biking along Riverside Trail when all at once Justin shouted, "There's something sparkling under those bushes."

What does the idiom ALL AT ONCE mean?
  1. fearfully
  2. happily
  3. loudly
  4. suddenly
Grade 5 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.5.4
"Don't open up that can of worms" means...
  1. Being careful what you buy when buying canned foods
  2. Leave that subject alone
  3. The type of bait to buy when going fishing
  4. Describing something literally
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