Types Figurative Language
The sun is a hot furnace burning all in its path. What type of figurative language is this?
What is a metaphor?
What is being compared? The grapes were old prunes wilting in the sun in the sun.
What is grapes and prunes?
The rain drove into my eyes blocking my view. How is this personification?
Rain cannot drive.
Don't act like a Romeo in front of her! (What famous work is the allusion referring to?)
Romeo and Juliet
The girl is like a tiger on the soccer field running towards each victim. What type of figurative language is this?
What is a simile?
The watermelon is a water tank of delicious fruit and citrus. What is being compared?
What is watermelon and water tank?
The tornado excelled its speed and ran into the barn knocking it to pieces. How is this personification?
Tornadoes cannot run like a person.
He is the achilles' heal of the soccer team; he always messes up! What is the allusion?
Referring to the Greek God who got an arrow in his achilles' (tendon in the heal) in a major battle.
The pencil ran across the paper. What type of figurative language is this?
What is personification?
The snow was powder pelting into my eyes during the blizzard. What is being compared?
What is snow and powder?
Waiting with anticipation, the eager baby bird was told by its mother to jump at the chance to eat the worm. How is this personification?
Birds cannot talk.
Don't be such a Scrooge! What work of literature is this referring to?
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Back in my day, I walked a hundred miles to school in the snow! What type of figurative language is this?
What is a Hyperbole?
"A fire was in my head." What does this mean from our poem?
The speaker is passionately thinking about something.
The sign on the door insulted my intelligence. Why is this personification?
Signs cannot insult others, only people can!
"Montag stopped eating… he saw their Cheshire cat smiles burning through the walls of the house." What is the allusion referring to?
Alice in Wonderland
I was nearly a hobbit stuffing my face all day! What type of figurative language is this?
What is an allusion?
Life is a whisper, gone softly in an instant. What is being compared?
Life and a whisper
I like onions, but they don't like me. Why is this personification?
Onions do not have personal emotions and opinions as people do.
She's a good swimmer, but she is no Ariel. What is the allusion?
The Little Mermaid