This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
simile
Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.
personification
Identify the figurative language "Prior planning prevents poor performance."
alliteration
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows Juliet is alive, but Romeo believes she is dead. What type of irony is this?
Dramatic Irony
Pickles start out as which vegetable?
Cucumbers
Cat is to kitten as dog is to ________.
Puppy
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
Alliteration
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
Name the figurative language: The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.
Metaphor.
If a pencil is like a sword, what does an eraser represent?
A shield, because it defends against mistakes.
Battery is to flashlight as ________ is to car
engine
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
personification
If someone says ‘don’t cry over spilled milk,’ what are they telling you?
Don’t worry about things that have already happened and cannot be changed.
Identify the figurative language: "You had my heart inside your hand"
hyperbole
What type of figurative language is in this line from Robert Frost: ‘Two roads diverged in a yellow wood’?
Imagery
What is your body's largest organ?
your skin
What does it mean to ‘let the cat out of the bag’?
To reveal a secret.
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
metaphor
Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.
idiom
What type of sound device is used in the line from Eminem’s Lose Yourself: ‘His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy’?
assonance
Name the figurative language: It is a million degrees outside!
Hyperbole.
How many bones do sharks have?
none
Bee is to hive as bear is to ________.
Den
What does imagery mean?
Uses vivid descriptions that appeal to a readers' senses to create a strong mental picture
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
metaphor
We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
simile
What type of irony is being used when someone steps outside into a hurricane and says, ‘What nice weather we’re having!’?
Verbal Irony
Whose hand is this?
Buzz Lightyear
Chef is to food as sculptor is to ________.
Stone