Figurative Language 1
Figurative Language 2
Figurative Language 3
Figurative Language 4
Figurative Language 5
100
"Sally sells seashells by the seashore"
Alliteration
100
You are the sun, moon, and stars to me.
What is a METAPHOR?
100
The curtains in the window are waving hello to us.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
100
The comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a SIMILE?
100
Free Points
Yay
200
The tree branches danced in the wind.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
Free points
Yay
200
The car was as fast as a jet soaring through the sky.
What is a SIMILE?
200
My hair would not cooperate this morning.
What is personification?
200
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is ALLITERATION?
300
You’re acting like such a Scrooge!
What is an ALLUSION? (bonus points)
*Will accept SIMILE.
300
He is a library of information about athletes.
What is a METAPHOR?
300
Free Points
yay
300
She walked in the room like a supermodel on a catwalk.
What is a SIMILE?
300
A comparison without the use of "like" or "as"
What is a METAPHOR?
400
There were a million people in line in front of me to see the new Avengers movie.
What is HYPERBOLE?
400
Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders.
What is a Metaphor?
400
The insects buzzed around the flowers.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
400
My parents are too strict; my house is a prison.
What is a METAPHOR?
400
Her hair is silk. This is an example of:
What is a METAPHOR?
500
The computer stared at me while a put off doing my homework.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
500
Her heart is as pure as gold.
What is a SIMILE?
500
My sore feet were begging me to take a break.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
500
Their friendship is a rollercoaster ride.
What is a METAPHOR?
500
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is PERSONIFICATION?
600
Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song.
What is a Simile?
600
"BOOM" , the book dropped to the floor.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
600
Sally's seashells sold out in the shop.
Alliteration
600
What is ALLITERATION?
600
Words that imitate sounds
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
700
She splashed in the pool.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
700
I was so hungry, I even ate the plate.
What is HYPERBOLE?
700
I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark than do my homework.
What is HYPERBOLE?
700
An exaggerated statement for emphasis or comical expression
What is HYPERBOLE?
700
The shoes tap-danced in the evening sun.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
800
What is raining cats and dogs?
IDIOM
800
I will be right back, hold down the fort for me.
What is an IDIOM?
800
The fireworks boomed in the distance.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
800
Free Points!
Yay
800
She is as cool as a cucumber. This is an example of:
What is a SIMILE?
900
The internet is like a window to the world—you can learn about everything online!
What is a SIMILE?
900
My life is an open book; I have no secrets.
What is a METAPHOR?
900
Cool cucumber clubbed a cute cube!
What is ALLITERATION?
900
God is a DJ, life is a dance floor, love is a rhythm.
(Pink – God Is a DJ)
What is a METAPHOR?
900
I am so hungry that I could eat a horse! This is an example of:
What is HYPERBOLE?