Name That Type
What type of figurative language is this? "The class was a zoo!"
Metaphor
What does this mean? "It's raining cats and dogs."
It's raining very hard.
Finish the phrase: "As cold as ______."
ice
What type of figurative language is this? "The thunder grumbled angrily in the sky"
Personification
What does this mean? "He's a night owl."
He stays up late or likes being awake at night.
Finish the phrase: "She smells like ______."
What type of figurative language is this? "She was as busy as a bee."
Similie
What does this mean? "My backpack weighs a ton!"
Finish the phrase: "Break a _____."
What kind of figurative language is this? The wind whooshed through the trees?
Onomatopoeia
What does this mean? "The leaves danced in the wind."
The leaves were moving in the wind.
Finish the phrase: "I've seen this movie ___ _______ ______."
a hundred times