Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 14

Figurative Language

Similes, metaphors, idioms and more

What your child practises

Spotting similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia and alliteration, and explaining what common idioms really mean.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Representations: Composition · descriptive and figurative language

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

Question 1
What kind of figurative language is this?
The old map was as fragile as a dry leaf.
- hyperbole
- alliteration
- onomatopoeia
- simile
Question 2
What does this hyperbole really mean?
Noah's homework took about a thousand years to finish.
- Noah's homework was finished quickly.
- Noah's homework was very easy.
- Noah's homework took a very long time.
- Noah's homework was about history.
Question 3
What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean in this sentence?
It snows here only once in a blue moon.
- when the moon is full
- every winter
- every night
- very rarely
Question 4
What kind of figurative language is this?
Splash! Lena jumped into the pool.
- simile
- alliteration
- personification
- onomatopoeia
Question 5
What does the idiom “cost an arm and a leg” mean in this sentence?
Those concert tickets cost an arm and a leg.
- were very expensive
- caused an injury
- were free
- were hard to find
Question 6
What kind of figurative language is this?
I'm so hungry I could eat a mountain of pancakes.
- personification
- alliteration
- hyperbole
- simile