Figurative Language
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Name two types of figurative language in this sentence: Even though the test was really hard, I stayed as cool as a cucumber.
What are simile and alliteration?
What type of figurative language is in this song?
"You're gonna hear me roar
Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar"
Onomatopoeia
Juliet is the sun.
What is a metaphor?
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Metaphor
This is an example of what type of figurative language: "Arf, arf, arf!" said Fido.
What is onomatopoeia?
Name two types of figurative language in this sentence. The dinghy danced on the ocean.
What are alliteration and personification?
What type of figurative language is this lyric?
"And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while"
Hyperbole
Luke Luck licks lakes.
What is alliteration?
Simile
This an example of which type of figurative language: "I have a million things to do."
What is hyperbole?
Name two types of figurative language in this sentence: Sil's tires splashed and sprayed the sidewalk
What are alliteration and onomatopoeia?
What type of figurative language is this lyric?
“Running to the altar like a track star”
Simile
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is hyperbole?
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
"he vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles"
Hyperbole
"Mike’s microphone made much music." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is alliteration?
Read and name the figurative language types: "The tires swooshed along the street in the slushy snow."
What are alliteration and onomatopoeia?
What type of figurative language is this lyric?
"I'm walking on sunshine"
Idiom
He's as happy as a clam.
What is simile?
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
"a relatively large number of bird names arise by onomatopoeia"
Onomatopoeia
What figurative language is present in this line (hint: not alliteration)? "My mother ate an apple and my father ate a pear."
What is rhythm?
Read and name the figurative language types: "The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge" from "Digging" by Seamus Heaney
What are onomatopoeia and alliteration?
What type of figurative language in this lyric?
“Whisper words of wisdom,
let it be.”
Alliteration (repeating w sound)
Oink, hisss, moo, meow, Bam! and boom! and bang! and pow!
What is onomatopoeia?
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).
Idiom