Definitions
As easy as ABC.
Something that is very easy.
The grass looks like spiky green hair.
Literal or Figurative?
Figurative
Lightning danced across the sky.
Personification
That cost an arm and a leg!
It was very expensive.
I am as busy as a bee.
Figurative
Both similes and metaphors compare two or more things, but how are they different?
A simile uses like or as, but a metaphor just says the one thing is the other thing.
He is as cool as a cucumber.
Someone who doesn't lose his temper or is able to remain very calm.
Grasshoppers make a high pitched noise.
Literal or Figurative?
Literal
What is the definition of an idiom?
Word combinations that mean something different than the literal meaning.
It is like icing on the cake.
Something extra, that you were not expecting, that turns good into great.
What is the difference between figurative and literal language?
The calm lake was a mirror.
Metaphor
You need to get off your high horse.
Stop thinking you are better than everyone else.
My head is spinning after all of this test review!
Figurative