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This figurative language compares two things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This figurative language says one thing is another thing.
What is a metaphor?
This figurative language uses sound words.
What is onomatopoeia?
This figurative language gives human traits to animals or objects.
What is personification?
“She was as quiet as a mouse.”
What two things are being compared?
The girl and a mouse.
“He is a shining star in class.”
Is this a metaphor or simile?
What is a metaphor?
Which word is an example of onomatopoeia: buzz, tree, happy?
Buzz
“The flowers danced in the wind.”
What is being personified?
The flowers.
Finish the simile: “The baby slept like a _____.”
Log
“My classroom is a zoo.”
What does this metaphor mean?
The classroom is noisy or wild.
“Bang!” is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is onomatopoeia?
“The alarm clock screamed at me this morning.”
What human action is the clock doing?
Screaming
“The clouds were like fluffy cotton balls.”
What is being compared to cotton balls?
The clouds.
“The snow was a white blanket covering the ground.”
What is the snow compared to?
A blanket.
Name one onomatopoeia word that sounds like rain.
Pitter-patter, drip, splash, etc.
“The sun smiled down on us.”
Is this personification, simile, or metaphor?
What is personification?
Name the figurative language:
“The thunder growled while the rain danced on the roof like tiny drums.”
Personification (“thunder growled,” “rain danced”) and simile (“like tiny drums”).