Definitions
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100

What figurative Language is this? 

Comparison using the words 'like' or 'as' 

simile 

100

We spoke on the phone for 100 hours

Hyperbole 

100

Baby Brittany bawled because her blue balloon ______. 

50 extra points: what type of figurative language is this?

burst (or any word that starts with B sound) 


Alliteration 

100
Write an example for a simile

Does your example match the definition: 

uses the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare 2 things

200

What figurative language is this? 

An exaggeration 

Hyperbole
200

Her smile was as bright as the sun 

Simile 

200

The old door went _______ as we opened it.

50 extra points: what type of figurative language is this?

creak, squeak, screech 


Onomatopoeia 

200

Write an example for a hyperbole

Does your example match the definition: 

an exaggeration 

300

What figurative language is this?

Repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words.

Alliteration

300

Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

Metaphor

300

No! Don't tell them, you are going to let the cat out of the ____. 


50 extra points: what type of figurative language is this?

Bag 


Idiom

300

Write an example for personification 

Does your example match the definition: 

giving human characteristics to an animal or object 

400

What figurative language is this? 

Human characteristics are given to an animal or object 

Personification 

400

That test was a piece of cake

Idiom 

400

The wind _______ in the night. 

50 extra points: what type of figurative language is this?

whistled, howled, etc. 


Personification 



400

Write an example for a metaphor

Does your example match the definition: 


It compares two things, but does not use the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. It says you ARE something.

500

What figurative language is this? 


Comparison that says that you ARE something 

Metaphor

500

The old tire lost air with a hiss

onomatopoeia  

500

My little sister's smile is _______ on a cloudy day. 

50 extra points: what type of figurative language is this?

sunshine


metaphor  

500

Write an example for an onomatopoeia  

Does your example match the definition: 

a word that imitates the sounds of a thing. 



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