Analyze
What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
This cupcake is a rainbow of flavors!
There are a lot of different flavors in the cupcake.
Which phrase is an example of a metaphor?
A. Laughter is the best medicine.
B. The roller coaster went up and down like an elevator.
C. My brother dresses like a clown.
A
Which type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare 2 things?
Simile
Which type of figurative language is found below?
The pizza was proudly prepared by Paul.
alliteration
What does "I'm going to hit the hay" mean?
Go to bed/go to sleep
What is being compared in the following simile?
Timothy was like a kid in a candy store!
Timothy to a kid in a candy store
Which sentence is an example of a simile?
A. I like to swim in the lake in the summer.
B. I started to feel nauseous as I waited for my speech.
C. After I hurt my ankle, I walked as slow as a turtle.
C
Which type of figurative language has repetition of a beginning sound within the same sentence?
alliteration
The Pittsburg Steelers are the best team in the entire universe!
hyperbole
What do I mean if I say, "don't let the cat out of the bag."
Shhh, don't tell anyone the surprise/secret
What is the meaning of the following idiom?
After studying hard the night before, Adam thought the test was a piece of cake.
The test was EASY!
Which phrase is an example of onomatopoia?
A. Leon the largest lion
B. Tick, tick, tick, all I can hear is the clock
C. We made sure to get to class
B
Which type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-living things?
personification
Which type of figurative language is found below?
I totally pigged out when my mom made my favorite dessert!
idiom
What does it mean if I say: Tyler is "burning the candle at both ends."
He's working a lot, and usually late into the night
What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
Life is one big roller coaster ride!
Life has ups and downs, but can be exciting!
Which is an example of personification?
A. My brother Bob baked brownies.
B. The stairs groaned with the weight of the crowd.
C. He was as hungry as a lion.
B
Which type of figurative language uses words to represent sounds?
onomatopoeia
My dog is like a superhero when he hears someone in trouble.
simile
What does it mean if I say: Natalie tend to "toot her own horn."
Proud of herself, usually in a prideful way
What is the meaning of the following idiom?
We had a substitute today due to our teacher feeling under the weather.
Which is an example of an idiom?
A. All this homework is going to make me go off the deep end.
B. The dandelions begged me to water them.
C. The lightening was like a firework in the sky.
A
Which type of figurative language uses exaggeration?
hyperbole
The old truck coughed.
personification
What does it mean if I say something needs to be done "by the book."
Correctly. Done by the rules without cutting corners