Similes & Metaphors
Compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
My eyes were as big as dinner plates.
What is hyperbole?
Find the onomatopoeia in the sentence: The leaves went "crunch!" every time I took a step.
What is crunch?
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
What is alliteration?
Identify the figurative language: "Boom!"
What is onomatopoeia?
Compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
They have the world's best doughnuts!
What is hyperbole?
Find the onomatopoeia in the sentence: The dog barked loudly.
What is barked?
She saw her cat, who sat on a mat.
What is rhyme?
Identify the figurative language: Her hair is as smooth as silk.
What is simile?
Example: You shine as brightly as the sun.
What is a simile?
The gift was begging to be unwrapped.
What is personification?
Find the onomatopoeia in the sentence: The horse neighed as it came towards the food.
What is neighed?
The berry blue blossoms where ready to go.
What is alliteration?
Identify the figurative language: Betty bought some butter for my batter.
What is alliteration?
Example: He is a couch potato.
What is a metaphor?
She is better than every teacher on the planet.
What is hyperbole?
Find the onomatopoeia in the sentence: I heard the droplet plop into the bucket.
What is plop?
She sat with her silver spoon.
What is alliteration?
Identify the figurative language: The frogs sang out a chorus in the moonlight.
What is personification?
Give an example of a simile.
What is...?
The wind howled through the trees.
What is personification?
Find the onomatopoeia in the sentence: Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night?
What is bump?
Freddy Fish accidentally broke a dish.
What is both?
Identify the figurative language: Her mother is the meanest person ever.
What is hyperbole?