Spot It
Find the figurative language in this sentence
"The stars winked at us from the night sky"
"The stars winked"
What does this mean?
"He ran like the wind."
He ran very fast
Simile
Create an onomatopoeia sentence about a door closing
Answers may vary
Ex: "SLAM! The door shut behind me."
Name that device:
"Silly snaked slithered slowly"
Alliteration
Find the figurative language in this sentence:
"Bang!" The locker slammed shut."
"BANG!"
What does this mean?
"She had butterflies in her stomach."
She felt nervous
A word that sounds like the noise it describes
Onomatopoeia
Create a sentence using the idiom "piece of cake."
Answers may vary
Ex: "That quiz was a piece of cake."
Name that device:
"The thunder went BOOM"
Onomatopoeia
Find the figurative language in this sentence:
"My room is a disaster zone."
"My room is a disaster zone."
What does this mean
"She was a ray of sunshine."
She was cheerful, kind, or made people feel happy.
An extreme exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
Create a hyperbole about how hot it is outside
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Ex: "It's so hot I could fry an egg on the sidewalk"
Name that device:
"I've told you a thousand times!"
Hyperbole
Find the figurative language in the sentence:
"Janie read a book by the babbling brook."
"Book by the babbling brook."
What does this mean?
"He finally pulled himself together."
He calmed down or got control of his emotions
Giving human qualities to an object, animal, or idea
Personification
Create an alliteration sentence using the letter B
Answers will vary:
Ex: "Brave Ben bounced the basketball"
"The trees danced in the wind."
Personification
Find the figurative language in this sentence:
"Grant finally got his high school diploma last Wednesday. He's been on cloud nine ever since."
"Cloud nine"
What does this mean?
"The ending of the story was bittersweet."
Two opposite or contradictory words used together
Oxymoron
Create a metaphor about school
Answers may vary
Ex: "School is a roller coaster"
Name that Device
"The room was filled with deafening silence."
Oxymoron