Which is which?
What is the difference between a metaphor and simile?
A simile uses like or as to make a comparison. A metaphor states that something IS the other thing. The one objects "becomes" the other object.
Giving an object human characteristics is???
Personification
Name the type of figurative language: An exaggeration that cannot literally be true and is used to create a dramatic effect.
Hyperbole.
What is the name of the figurative language that represents a word sounding like its meaning?
Onomatopeia.
Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East . . .” (Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie)
Identify the figure of speech.
Simile
Spring announces = personification
Spring compared to a parade using AS = simile
Is this a hyperbole? The skyscraper was a hundred feet tall!
No. This can literally be true. If it said, "The skyscraper was so tall it reached the moon," that would be a hyperbole because that cannot literally be true.
The acorn fell out of the tree—plop—right into the puddle? What word is the onomatopeia?
plop
¨Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” (Pablo Picasso)
Identify 2 figures of speech and explain.
Art cannot literally wash something—personification.
Comparing dust to everyday life without using like or as—metaphor.
The night whispered in my ear, telling me to go home. What is being personified? Explain.
The wind cannot whisper or talk—it is literally blowing.
Is this a hyperbole? Why or why not?
The whole world was staring at me when I dropped my tray of food in the middle of the cafeteria.
Yes, this is an exaggeration to create the effect of this person's mistake being witnessed by a lot of people. It helps to develop the embarrassment of the situation.
Is this onomatopoeia? Explain. "My kids playing upstairs sounded like a herd of elephants running above my head."
No. This example describes a sound using a simile—kid's playing to a herd of elephants running. There is not word that is the actual sound.
“Conscience is a man’s compass."(Vincent Van Gogh) Identify the figure of speech.
Metaphor comparing conscience (the feeling of right or wrong) to a compass (a tool that guides you when you are lost). It says one IS the other, not one is LIKE the other.
Hey diddle, Diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Identify the personification.
The little dog laughed
Is this a hyperbole? Explain. "Never say never."
Yes. This exaggeration is creating the effect of the possibility of the impossible happening. Of course, we CAN say never—the world will not come to an end if we are wrong!
The clock's tick, tick, tick went on forever—the class just wouldn't end!
What two types of figurative language a reflected here?
tick = onomatopoeia
went on forever / just wouldn't end = hyperbole.
"I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide." (Billy Collins, "Introduction to Poetry")
What two objects are being compared in this simile?
Name the type of figurative language in this line for Billy Collin's poem and explain: "But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it."
Personification: you cannot torture a poem; it is not a criminal!
Are either of the two parts this statement a hyperbole? "The deer appeared on the road out of nowhere and but luckily I was able to swerve and save its life."
The bold section is NOT a hyperbole because swerving out of the way, literally did save the deer's life.
Shhhh, the students all yelled at the kid who was tap, tap, tapping during the test.
Where is the onomatopoeia in this statement?
Shhh and tap, tap, tapping