SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Read the sentences below and determine if it includes an example of metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia,
personification, oxymoron or ailiteration. Write your answer on the
lines beside each sentence
1. When the students entered the room, there was a noticeable absence. Their teacher
was no where to be seen.
2. The substitute teacher's explanation of the content was as clear as mud.
3. When the substitute teacher arrived, she was met with a sea of nameless faces
4. We were wamed that if we didn't do our work while our teacher was away, we would be
in trouble.
5. Students knew there was a substitute teacher in their future when all they were hearing
from their teacher was sniff, cough, and achoo.
6. During his day in the classroom, the substitute teacher planted some seeds of wisdom.
7. The substitute teacher was such an expressive reader that he made the words of the
story leap off the page as he read.
8. Our teacher told us to treat the substitute teacher with respect.
9. Our teacher booked the lab because we had a substitute teacher, but my computer
seemed to throw a fit whenever I tried to click anything.
10. The substitute teacher's ice-like stare sent chills down our spine.
11. The classroom door creaked open and our favorite substitute teacher appeared.
12. There was a deafening silence in the room when the substitute teacher pointed
directly at Jake and screamed, "GET OUT!"
13. After the students learned that the substitute teacher had met Beyonce and Jay-Z, she
was treated like an absolute rockstar.
14. The students groaned in unison when they realized that just because they had a
substitute teacher, didn't mean they had the day off from work!
15. The strict substitute teacher scolded the students for their silly behavior.
16. When we entered the classroom, the substitute teacher lined
us up in random order then assigned us all a different seat.
17. The classroom was as busy as a bee hive when the
substitute teacher entered.
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