Figurative Language
Simile or Metaphor
Figurative Language
Hyperbole or Personification
Figurative Language
Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia or Idiom
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100

This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100

Name the figurative language: "The car's engine groaned when I turned the key!"

What is personification?

100

The sound of a car tire screeching against the road would be an example of what type of figurative language?

Onomatopoeia

100

True or false: We can enhance our writing by adding figurative language.

True

100

1. What metaphor does the "two roads" represent in this poem? A. Actual paths in a forest B. Different life choices or decisions C. Different types of trees D. Different seasons of the year

B. Different life choices or decision

200

Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"

What is a simile?

200

Name the figurative language: She was dying of laughter.

Hyperbole.

200

Identify the figurative language: I could sleep forever!

Hyperbole

200

Why do we use figurative language in our writing?

to help the reader better understand what we are trying to describe and make it more entertaining

200

In the line "And that has made all the difference," what type of figurative language is being used? A. Alliteration B. Onomatopoeia C. Personification D. Hyperbole

D. Hyperbole

300

This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

300

Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us. 

Personification 

300

This type of figurative language is when words mimic sounds! 

What is Onomatopoeia

300

This type of figurative language is a form of expression particular to a specific person or group of people, but it is NOT LITERAL.

What is an IDIOM

300

3. When the poem states the path was "grassy and wanted wear," what figurative language device is used? A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification D. Alliteration

C. Personification

400

Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.

What is a metaphor?

400

This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.

What is personification?

400

Identify the figurative language: out of the blue

What an idiom?

400

What is the difference between LITERAL language and FIGURATIVE language. 


Literal language means exactly what is said while figurative language has different meanings than the words that are used. 

400

What does "yellow wood" symbolize in the first line of the poem? A. A dead forest B. Autumn season C. A magical forest D. Summer season

B. Autumn season

500

Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah. 

Simile

500

What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."

Hyperbole

500

BOOM! CUCKOO! DING! & BANG! What is the use of these words called in figurative language?

ONOMATOPOEIA

500

In the line "Yet knowing how way leads on to way," what literary device is the poet using? A. Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration C. Metaphor D. Rhyme scheme

C. Metaphor

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