Figurative Language
what figurative language piece is being used in the following sentence?
"She is as sweet as honey"
Simile
Imagery can be defined as?
a picture painted in one's head using one or more of the five senses.
How many types of irony are there?
5
Determine what the point of view the sentence is in? "I want to go to the store"
first person
How many types of purposes do author's write in?
3
What figurative language piece is being used in the following sentence?
"The leaves danced with the wind in the dead of winter"
personification
What sense of imagery is being used in the following sentence?
"the clay bowl was soft and round"
sight or touch
Which type of irony is being used in the following sentence/ situation?
"After a girl and a guy had been dating for a few months, the guy decided that he would finally pop the L word to his girlfriend. They had so much fun together and were inseparable. When he goes to tell her he loves her for the very first time he says, "Darling there's something I have wanted to tell you for some time now."
Her: Okay, what is it?
Him: I love you
Her: ohhh... um I love cake.
Verbal irony or situational irony
Determine what the point of view the sentence is in?
"He and his girlfriend belong to the same church"
3rd person
What purpose is the movie "WWII: an American war" written in?
inform
What figurative language piece is being used in the following sentence?
"The day was September 21st, 1722. The light was dim, the fog consumed everything it its sight. Not one creature was to be seen."
Mood
What sense of imagery is being used in the following sentence?
"Among the fat, overripe, icy blackberries"
sight or taste
Which type of irony is being used in the following sentence/ situation?
"Angelo falls into a pit of hungry lions, screaming all the way down and lands hard on the ground, the lions surround him and tear the pocket of his pants to steal his stash of crackers"
Situational
Determine what the point of view the sentence is in?
"you are my worst enemy"
2nd person
What is the main purpose of the movie "The Hunger Games" written in?
entertain
What figurative language piece is being used in the following sentence?
"You are the sun and the moon, and all of its stars"
metaphor
What sense of imagery is being used in the following sentence?
"You will clean this dust off of this floor until the warm sun sparkles off of it"
touch or sight
Which type of irony is being used in the following sentence/ situation?
*girl replaces her sister's shampoo with purple hair dye*
Sister: okay I am going to go take a shower
Little evil sister: OKAY ;)
*sister gets out of the shower, looks into the mirror and screams*
dramatic irony
Determine what the point of view the sentence is in?
"Out of all of the people in the room, Tammy and Stacy are the only one's with brown hair"
3rd person limited
what is the purpose of the following excerpt?
"The day was September 11th, 2001. The bombs came and destroyed everything. Many lives were taken that day"
inform
What figurative language piece is being used in the following sentence?
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.”
Apostrophe
What sense of imagery is being used in the following sentence?
"The mother fox calls out across the rushing river to her babies and jumps into the cold water to swim across and save them from the hunters"
hear, sight, or feel
What is the difference between being sarcastic and facetious?
sarcasm is about doing or saying the opposite of what you mean and people who are facetious always have silly comments to go with their sarcasm
Determine what the point of view the sentence is in?
"Everyone here has a lollipop but Kaylie"
3rd person omniscient
what is the purpose of the following excerpt?
"Have you ever owned a Swiffer? Kim Kardashian uses a Swiffer to get her floors clean so you should too!"
Persuade