What Figurative Language?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
alliteration
She ran as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
What does this mean?
The test was a piece of cake.
The test was easy.
What does that mean?
It means that the person said the same thing many times.
Which word is onomatopoeia?
The duck was clucking loudly.
Clucking
I was so tired that I decided to hit the hay.
Idiom
My brothers are as loud as cymbals clanging together.
Simile
She was feeling under the weather.
What does that mean?
She was feeling sick.
It felt like I had walked a million miles to school.
What does that mean?
It means that she was walking a lot.
The snowball whooshed past my car during the snowball fight.
Which word is onomatopoeia?
whooshed
The wind whispered in my ear.
Personification
Time is a thief.
Metaphor
What does it mean by "break a leg?"
It means good luck.
I was dying of laughter. What does that mean?
The person was laughing a lot.
It is not unusual for a dog to bark when visitors arrive.
bark
After my team won, we were all on cloud 9.
What does it mean by "the world is a stage?"
They are comparing life with theatrical performance.
When pigs fly!
Something that will never happen.
The line at the store was a mile long. What does this hyperbole mean?
It means that the line was very long.
The clanging pots and pans awoke the baby.
clanging
The plane ride took forever.
Hyperbole
How can I change this to a metaphor?
She was as fast as a cheetah.
She was a cheetah
The ball is in your court. What does that mean?
It's your turn to make a decision/take action.
The homework will take years to finish. What does that mean?
It means that it will take a long time to finish.
The two-year old crashed into the cabinet.
crashed