Let's Get Figurative
What is a comparison that uses "like" or "as" called?
Simile
What is a comparison that is made by calling one thing another thing?
Metaphor
Words that have the same or nearly the same meaning are called what?
Synonyms
Which type of figurative language is being used in this quote?
“Books are the mirrors of the soul.” ― Virginia Woolf
Metaphor
It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets!
What is this an example of?
Hyperbole
What does denotation mean?
Dictionary Definition
What is a word that imitates the sound it represents called?
Onomatopoeia
Connotation
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
What is this an example of?
Personification
I've got ants in my pants!
What is this an example of?
Idiom
What is an obvious and intentional exaggeration called?
Hyperbole
What is giving inanimate or non-human things human qualities?
Personification
Words that have opposite meanings are called?
Antonyms
Name two examples of onomatopoeia.
Bang! Boom! Click Sizzle Pop!
Betty's bees buzzed in the backyard.
What is this an example of?
Alliteration
A commonly used expression that is not meant literally is called what?
Idiom
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words is called what?
Alliteration
Foreshadowing
Things became hard in her life, but she just kept swimming.
What is this an example of?
Allusion- Finding Nemo
The chicken crossed the playground to get to the other slide.
What is this an example of?
Pun
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art, often used to help make a comparison is called what?
Allusion
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words, which sound alike but have different meanings is called what?
Pun
Daily Double!
What does the word acrid mean AND what was acrid in Tuck Everlasting?
Having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell AND the constable's cigar.
Ms. Meyenburg doesn't want to date a cheap guy!
What is the connotation of the underlined word?
Negative
List a pair of synonyms AND antonyms.
(YOU MUST HAVE TWO PAIRS)
Example:
Synonyms- hateful and cruel
Antonyms- hot and cold