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Figurative Language Activity | With Professional Wrestlers...
Interactive ActivityGrades 6-8

Figurative Language Activity | With Professional Wrestlers...

Skill: Figurative Language

Students join Jax and Lena at the Mega Slam Showdown and identify figurative language in fun, wrestling-themed sentences. This activity covers simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and understatement with 25 leveled questions.

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Figurative Language Activity | With Professional Wrestlers...

Figurative Language Activity | With Professional Wrestlers...

Students join Jax and Lena at the Mega Slam Showdown and identify figurative language in fun, wrestling-themed sentences. This activity covers simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and understatement with 25 leveled questions.

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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.
Jax counted down every second of the school day until the Mega Slam Showdown began.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
Jax and Lena bounced like bursting popcorn kernels in their seats.
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The Gentleman stepped into the ring wearing his suit and the crowd exploded.
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The Iron Phantom slunk into the ring like a sneaky shadow.
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The ropes on the wrestling ring squealed each time the Phantom bounced off them as he built up his speed.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
After the Gentleman won all his matches with ease, he said that it was not a bad night.
What figurative language technique is used above?
How do you figure?
Jax and Lena waited forever in their seats for the next match to begin.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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Once the bell rang, Madame Mayhem became a wrecking ball in the ring.
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Madame Mayhem spun Thunder Torres around a thousand times and then threw him.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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Thunder Torres landed face-first on the cement and said that it might leave a mark.
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The Gentleman looked as sharp as a sword in his three-piece suit.
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Jax and Lena ate a mountain of nachos while watching the action.
What figurative language technique is used above?
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Thunder Torres landed a triple flip off the top rope and said it was nothing.
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Thunder Torres's golden belt winked in the spotlight.
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As soon as the bell rang, Madame Mayhem became a bulldozer in boots.
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Madame Mayhem tossed her opponent out of the ring and the crowd roared like a hurricane.
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Lena took a million pictures of the wrestlers during the Mega Slam Showdown.
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The bell commanded the wrestlers and ordered them into action.
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It was time for the main event at the Mega Slam Showdown and Jax's heart thumped like a bass drum.
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It was impossible to escape the Iron Phantom's grip.
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Thunder Torres was caught in a neck breaker and Jax said that it looked a little uncomfortable.
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The merchandise line stretched all the way to the moon.
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A sea of camera flashes illuminated the crowd.
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The shiny gold belt waited patiently for a winner.
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The car hummed a happy song as it carried Jax and Lena home after the wrestling match.
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