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Figurative Language Activity | At the Candy Store...

Figurative Language Activity | At the Candy Store...

Students join Maya and Ben at the candy shop and identify figurative language in fun, themed sentences. Skills covered: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and understatement.

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Level B - Proficient

Read the examples and figure out which technique is being used: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, or understatement. Then, explain how you figured out your answer.
After school, Ben and Maya raced toward the candy shop as fast as rockets.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
Maya patiently waited a million years for her turn at the candy counter.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
The jar of jelly beans was a rewarding rainbow of flavor.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
After the Pucker Pals made Maya cringe and cry, she said, "These are kind of sour."
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
The spun sugar melted on Maya's tongue like tiny snowflakes.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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Ben's bulging bag of candy contained a ton of gummy drops.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
The Cocoa Buttons called to Maya from their container.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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Ben ate the Crackle Crystals and his mouth became a circus of flavor.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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Ben's belly ached after he ate a billion jelly beans.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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The flavorful Fizzy Pops danced on Ben's tongue.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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After eating five boxes of chocolate peanut brittle, Ben said that it tasted okay.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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The chocolate fountain sang a song to Ben.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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The candy shop was a maddening maze of flavors.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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Ben eyed the rock candy for imperfections like a jeweler with a gem.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
The lollipops stood tall and proud, waiting to be picked.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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Maya could eat an endless amount of candy and never get full.
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Ben sampled the Sour Smackers and his face scrunched up like a raisin.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
Ben paid over one hundred dollars at the candy store and told his mom he spent a little bit of money.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
Maya eyed a fluffy pink cloud of cotton candy on the countertop.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
The sun shone through the jar of hard candies like a stained glass window.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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Maya was hungry enough to eat every piece of candy in the whole shop.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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The candy wrappers whispered when Ben untwisted them.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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The sugar rush gave Ben enough energy to run around the entire world.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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A blanket of laughter covered the candy store.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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Maya gripped her belly in pain and mentioned that she may have had one or two too many Milky Bombs.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?