It is a comparison that uses "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Tyler is a brain is a type of this figurative language.
What is a metaphor and it menas Tyler is very smart.
The little boy has ants in his pants.
What is an idiom meaning the boy is hyper or active?
Poetry uses lots of these types of literary devices.
What is figurative language?
Love trickles down like rain in my family
What is a simile describing a very loving family?
Poetry is organized in these.
What are stanzas?
The boy has his head on straight.
What is an idiom meaning he is a good thinker.
The song was solid gold!
What is a metaphor comparing the song to gold.
Saying something EXACTLY as it is written.
What is literal language?
The leaves danced as they whirled around.
What is personification?
A word that has the same meaning as another word.
What is a synonym?
Saying something to form an image in one's mind
What is non-literal language?
Readers use these to help them figure out an unknown word.
What are Context Clues?
A word that means the opposite of another word
What is an antonym?
They use stage directions, scripts, and actors.
What are plays or dramas?