Simile
Does a smilie use "like" or "as"?
Yes, Both are used.
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a hyperbole?
An exaggeration
What is a personification?
Giving human characteristics to a inanimate object or animal.
"The sky misses the sun at night."
What type of figurative language is this?
Personificaton
"The blue bird's feathers where as blue as the sky on a sunny day."
Which key word helps you figure out it is a simile?
As
"My brother was boiling mad."
What does this mean?
Your brother was very mad.
What does the phase, "I'm so hungry I could eat a whole cow." mean?
You are really hungry.
"The sky was full of dancing stars"
What does this mean?
The sky had lots of shooting stars.
"Bang"!
What type of figurative language is this?
Onomatopoeia
"I am so hungry, I could eat a whole cow!"
Is this an example of a simile?
NO, It is an example of a hyperbole.
"Her voice was music to my ears."
What does this mean?
Her voice was beautiful and made me feel happy inside.
"The Pittsburgh Penguins are the BEST team in their division."
What does it mean when someone says "Reality came knocking on his door"?
When someone was thinking unrealistic things and someone had to take him/her back into reality.
"Andre stopped his car at the red sign at the end of the road."
What does the symbol in this sentence represent?
A stop sign, the red meaning danger or to stop.
"The way the Penguins looked out on the ice today was like a bunch of kids on the running around on the playground."
What does this mean?
The Penguins were not having a good day, and were going crazy on the ice all unorganized and scattered!
"The skies of his future began to darken."
What is this implying?
His future was beginning to fade away as he wasn't going in the right direction.
Which is NOT an example of a hyperbole?
A.) "I love ice cream so much, I could eat all of the ice cream in the world!"
B.) "Our eyes are as pretty as the sun on a summer day."
B
Where is personification mostly found?
Poetry, Fiction books, children's rhymes
When two or more words start with the same letter?
What type of figurative language is this?
Alliteration
"The bird's red wings were like a bon fire at it's highest peak."
What does this mean?
The bird's wings were very red.
"It was clear skies as far as I could see."
What does this mean?
You had no problems in your way and life was going good for you.
Which one is a hyperbole?
A.)" I'm the best cook in the whole world!"
B.) "You have the prettiest eyes ever!"
C.) "I am so hungry, I could eat a whole cow!"
D.) ALL OF THE ABOVE
D.) ALL OF THE ABOVE
"The sun played hide and seek with the clouds."
What does this mean?
The sun was in in out of the clouds all day.
“Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.”
What is the example of the figurative language above?
Idiom