20 questions
The boy turned as green as grass after he ate a dozen chocolate bars.
personification
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
As the storm raged outside, the long branches from the tree hoped they wouldn't bend and break.
simile
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
Sally screamed when her sister shook the scary scarecrow in her face.
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
simile
When the zombie moved, Bobby screamed so loud the people in the next town could hear him!
alliteration
hyperbole
personification
simile
The candle in the jack-o-lantern shimmered like a thousand little twinkling lights.
mettaphor
simile
alliteration
onomatopoeia
Bang! The door slammed behind Katy when she ran in the house after trick-or-treating.
simile
onomatopoeia
alliteration
hyperbole
My eyes bugged out of my head when I saw the scary costumes at the haunted house.
metaphor
alliteration
hyperbole
simile
Looking at the group of mummies walking down the street, the boy was a statue.
metaphor
alliteration
onomatopoeia
simile
The kids were thrilled to have a million pieces of candy in their Halloween treat bags!
simile
hyperbole
alliteration
personification
The graves stared up at us as we ran through the cemetery to get home.
metaphor
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
What does the underlined figurative language tell you?
The fire crackled and popped as we tossed more twigs into the flames.
The fire was very quiet.
The fire made a lot of noise when they put the twigs on.
The fire was dancing.
The fire fizzled out.
What does the metaphor mean?
Tommy was a monkey when he was playing on the obstacle course.
Tommy was acting wild.
Tommy sat quietly on the swings.
Tommy had long arms.
Tommy had a tail.
What does the underlined example of personification mean?
The candy wrapper danced down the street when I accidentally dropped it.
The wrapper floated away, moving in the air.
The wrapper was flossing.
The wrapper ran away as quick as it could.
The wrap laid on the ground and slept.
What does the simile mean?
The cat's eyes sparkled like diamonds and frightened me.
The eyes twinkled and were bright.
The eyes were pitch black.
The eyes were orange.
They eyes spinning in his head.
What does the hyperbole mean?
One thousand kids from my school showed up to my Halloween party!
A lot of kids came to the party.
No one came to the party.
A few kids came to the party.
All the teachers came to the party.
What does the personification phrase mean?
As the clock strikes midnight, Halloween will go to sleep for another year.
Halloween snores a lot.
Halloween is gone for a year.
Halloween is very tired.
Halloween just got started.
What does this metaphor mean?
Matilda was a ghost, moving through the room without anyone noticing.
Matilda made a lot of noise.
Matilda was not seen.
Matilda is a little girl.
Matilda went to bed.
What is the meaning of this simile?
As the sun set, the city became as dark as the inside of a cave.
It was pitch black outside.
It was a little bit dark outside.
The moon was shining brightly.
There were bats flying all around.
What does this simile mean?
the haunted house was as cold as ice, which made it even scarier!
It was very hot in the haunted house.
It was very cold in the haunted house.
The haunted house was made of ice.
There were icicles in the haunted house.
What is the meaning of the underlined personification?
The candy begged me to eat it, but I stayed strong and did not!
The candy was very tempting.
The candy hid from me.
The candy said, "Please eat me."
I ate all the candy.