Metaphor/Simile
The baby was an angel.
What is a metaphor?
The leaves danced in the wind means...
What are the leaves swaying in the wind?
This test is so easy... it's a _____________ _____ ________________.
What is a "piece of cake?"
The sound a car might make.
What is.... honk, crash...etc.
Hyperboles are ____________________.
What is an exaggeration?
She was as small as a mouse.
What is a similie?
The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way. This means...
What is the avalanche destroyed everything in its path?
Jumbo ___________
What is "shrimp?"
The dog whimpered away from his owner. The dog might have...
What is eating slippers, eating all the food, got into trouble?
She is so skinny? She is a _______________!
What is a toothpick?
Her tears flowed like...
What is a river? What is a waterfall?
Time ___________ when your'e having fun.
What is flies?
The meaning of... "he wouldn't hurt a fly?"
What is he wouldn't hurt anyone?
Onomatopoeia are ___________________ words.
What is "sound?"
When the same letter or _______________ occurs over and over it is called alliteration.
What is "sound?"
If a classroom is out of control you might compare it to...
What is a zoo? What is a circus?
Identify the personification in this poem...
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on
Don't bite off more than you can chew means...
What is don't take on too many things?
CRASH, BOOM, __________
What is BANG?
Write a hyperbole about a car going fast.
Answers will vary.
The ocean was a raging bull. The ocean is...
What is chaotic? What is stormy?
Create your own personification phrase using the word "begging."
Answers will differ.
That story is old ________.
What is "news?"
The witch _________________ at the funny child she would put in her brew.
What is "cackled?"
Complete this sentence using alliteration. Bobby was a boy who blew balloons and ate ____________________.
What is a food that starts with the word "b".