Question

recognizing figurative language

separate the figurative language from the literal language by dragging and dropping each phrase into the correct column.

the slate was set in a wooden frame decorated with red and green stripes. in one corner there was a small hole in the frame for the string to which the slate pencil was tied. thin as a soda straw, the slate pencil was wrapped in red, white and green paper, the colors spiraled as on a barbers pole.

Explanation:

Analyze the phrases for literal meaning

The phrases "red and green stripes", "hole in the frame", and "red, white and green" describe physical, factual attributes of the objects exactly as they are, without any comparison or imaginative exaggeration.

Analyze the phrases for figurative meaning

The phrase "Thin as a soda straw" uses a simile to compare the thickness of the pencil to a straw. The phrase "as on a barber's pole" uses a simile to compare the spiraled color pattern to a barber's pole. Both use imaginative comparisons to describe the objects.

Answer:

Figurative Language	Literal Language
"as on a barber's pole"	"hole in the frame"
	"red, white and green"