Figurative Language
"We're snuggled up together like two birds of a feather would be."
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Simile
It shows they are sitting very close together
DAILY DOUBLE
From now on our troubles will be out of sight.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Hyperbole or Personification
Happy for the moment, no worries or troubles
Ring-a-ling hear them ring, soon it will be Christmas day.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Onomatopoeia
Sound of the bells ringing
You're as cuddly as a cactus.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
simile
He is not nice, don't want to touch him
What is the name of the little boy who wants a Red Rider BB Gun and instead gets a bunny suit for Christmas?
First and Last Name!
Double Points if you can name his brother.
Brother-Randy Parker
"Jack Frost nipping at your nose."
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Personification
Thumpety, thump, thump. Look at Frosty go!
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Onomatopoeia
Shows the sound Frosty makes as he's walking
And the father will be pacing the floor and hear the fireplace roar.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Onomatopoeia
Describing the sound of the fireplace
Mr. Grinch you're a greasy banana with a greasy black peel.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Metaphor
He is disgusting, rotten to the core, not nice
What is the name of Ebeneezer Scrooge's Christmas-loving nephew in A Christmas Carol?
Fred
DAILY DOUBLE
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Personification or Imagery
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history!
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Hyperbole
He is so popular that he will never be forgotten
Said the night wind to the little lamb.
Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Allusions
lamb=Jesus is the sacrificial lamb
shepherd=Jesus as teacher
mighty king=Jesus as king of the Jews/ 3 wise men
Joy to the world, the Lord has come, let Earth receive her king.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Personification
The Earth can't receive something but this shows someone important was born on Earth.
Was Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer a book or movie first?
It was a story published by a department store in a pamphlet that became insanely popular.
It's not Christmas without Grandma
All the family is dressed in black.
From Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Symbolism
The family dressed in black symbolizes death
The world in solemn stillness lay.
From It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Personification
The world was quiet
Walking in a Winter Wonderland.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Alliteration
Walking, Winter, Wonderland
In the meadow we will build a snowman and pretend that he is Parson Brown.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Allusion
A priest from earlier time period
Mr. Narwhal
The snow is a blanket over the ground.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Metaphor
DAILY DOUBLE
It'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier and Ives.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Allusion and Simile
Compares what's happening to a famous artist.
I wouldn't touch you with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole!
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Hyperbole
Wouldn't go anywhere near him
Daily Double
Christmas Eve will find me where the love light gleams.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Alliteration or Personification
In Polar Express, one kid points out that a king from an ancient civilization loved hot chocolate so much he drank 50 cups a day.
What civilization was the king from?
Double points if you name the king
Aztecs-King Montezuma II