Types
Which type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare 2 things?
Simile
What does this metaphor mean?
This cupcake is a rainbow of flavors?
It has many different flavors
Which figurative language is used?
The pizza was proudly prepared by Paul.
Alliteration
Which is a metaphor:
a. Laughter is the best medicine.
b. The roller coaster went up and down like an elevator.
c. My brother sometimes dresses like a clown to scare me.
a. Laughter is the best medicine.
Which type of figurative language uses common phrases that are not meant to be taken literally?
idiom
What is being compared?
Timothy was like a kid in a candy shop.
Timothy is being compared to a candy shop.
Which type of figurative language is being used?
The bubble gum popped as Sam tried to get the attention of his friends.
Onomatopoeia
Which is a simile?
a. I like to go swimming at the lake in the summer.
b. I started to feel nauseous as I waited for my turn to speak.
c. After I hurt my ankle, I walked as slow as a turtle.
c. After I hurt my ankle, I walked as slow as a turtle.
Which type of figurative language is being used?
The donut called to me from the kitchen, so I had to go eat it.
Personification
Which type of figurative language uses repetition of the same beginning sound for multiple words?
Alliteration
What does the idiom mean?
After studying hard the night before, Adam thought the test was a piece of cake.
The test was easy.
Which type of figurative language is being used?
The Green Bay Packers are the best team of all time!
Hyperbole
Which is onomatopoeia?
a. Leo the Lion laughed loudly.
b. The clock was ticking all night.
c. When we heard the bell, we ran to class.
b. the clock was ticking all night
What type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
Which type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
What does the metaphor mean?
Life is one big roller coaster ride.
Life has ups and downs, but it is fun and exciting.
Which type of figurative language is being used?
My dog is like a super hero when he hears someone in trouble.
Simile
Which is personification?
a. My brother bakes brownies for the bakery.
b. The stairs groaned as the crowd left the stadium.
c. The dollar was burning a hole in my pocket.
b. The stairs groaned as the crowd left the stadium.
Which type of figurative language is being used?
The computers at our school are dinosaurs.
metaphor
Which type of figurative language uses words to represent sounds?
onomatopoeia
What does the idiom mean?
We had a substitute today because our teacher was under the weather.
She was sick.
Which type of figurative language is being used?
I totally pigged out when my mom made my favorite dinner.
Idiom
Which is an idiom?
a. I got my leftovers in a doggy bag to take home.
b. The flowers were begging to be watered.
c. The lightning was like fireworks in the sky.
a. I got my leftovers in a doggy bag to take home
Which is an example of hyperbole?
a. My big brother is a couch potato.
b. The water balloon went splat when it fell on the ground.
c. I'm so hungry that I am starving.
c. I'm so hungry that I am starving.