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Figurative Language Writing Practice
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Figurative Language Writing Practice
Read each example carefully. For the writing tasks, use the sample answers as guides—your own original wording can also be correct.
Recognise the devices
1.Match each device to its meaning.
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Hyperbole
- Personification
- Gives human actions or qualities to something non-human
- Uses deliberate exaggeration
- Compares two things using like or as
- Describes one thing as if it is another
2.Which sentence contains a simile?
- The moon was a silver coin.
- The puppy bounced like a rubber ball.
- I waited for a million years.
- The old gate groaned in the wind.
Spot figurative language in context
3.Read the paragraph: “At dawn, the fog crept over the rugby field. The goalposts were giant skeletons in the grey. A cold breeze nipped my cheeks like a playful dog, and my wet socks weighed a tonne. The sun peeked through the clouds.” Which quoted phrase is a metaphor?
- “the fog crept”
- “giant skeletons”
- “like a playful dog”
- “weighed a tonne”
- “the sun peeked”
4.Complete this simile with a suitable comparison: “The lake was as smooth as .”
5.Complete the metaphor to describe a cheerful song: “The song was .”
6.Complete the hyperbole: “I have packed my school bag times!”
Create vivid writing
7.Write an original simile about a fast-moving cloud. Use like or as.
8.Write an original metaphor describing a busy playground.
9.Write a paragraph of five or six sentences about a windy day, a lively school break, or a curious pet. Include at least one simile, one metaphor and one hyperbole. Underline each example and label its device.
10.How can figurative language make a description more interesting for a reader? Give one reason.
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