Simile
"She ran as fast as a cheetah." What figurative language is used?
Simile
What type of figurative language means extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
Giving human qualities to a non-human thing is called what?
Personification
Irony is when something happens that is the opposite of what you expect. True or False?
True
What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?
Nacho cheese!
Similes compare two things using what two words?
“Like” or “as”
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!” What is that?
Hyperbole
“The wind whispered through the trees.” What is the human action?
Whispered
You study hard but then the test is canceled. Why is that ironic?
Opposite of what you prepared for
If cats go “meow,” what do cows say when they text?
“Moo-sage!”
“The cookie tasted like a piece of heaven.” What is being compared?
The cookie and heaven
“It took forever to clean my room!” What is being exaggerated in this sentence?
The amount of time it took
Name something a car cannot really do: “The car _______.”
You say “Great!” when you spill juice everywhere. What type of figurative language is it?
Irony (sarcasm)
What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck!
Create your own simile about a dog.
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“We had a thousand hours of homework.” Why is that hyperbole?
It’s not possible; exaggerated
Identify the personification: “The flowers smiled in the sun.”
Smiled
What makes this ironic? A lifeguard can’t swim.
Opposite of what you’d expect
Why did the student eat their homework?
The teacher said it was a piece of cake!
Is this a simile? “His backpack weighed a ton.” Explain.
No, it doesn’t use like or as (it’s exaggeration/hyperbole)
Create an exaggeration about being tired.
Answers vary (“I could sleep for a year!”)
Create your own personification about weather.
Ex: The storm angrily pounded on the roof.
Create a short example of irony
Ex: The baker burned the cookies during a baking contest.
What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?
Frostbite!