Short passages full of similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole and idioms. Students say what each phrase really means and name the kind of figurative language. Every passage has a question page and an answer key.
4 free passages, after the chart. More for this grade on the 4th grade page.
Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom and onomatopoeia, each with a definition and an example.
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A story of 220 words with 6 questions. Answer key on page 3.
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A story of 245 words with 6 questions. Answer key on page 3.
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A story of 244 words with 6 questions. Answer key on page 3.
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The 4 free figurative language passages above, plus 16 more that are only in the pack.
Figurative language is wording that means more than it literally says: a simile, a metaphor, an idiom. These passages put the phrases in bold, in the middle of a real story, so students meet them in context and not as a list.
The questions ask what a phrase means in plain words and which kind of figurative language it is. The last question has the student write a simile or metaphor of their own. The chart covers the six kinds used in these passages.