Definitions
What figurative Language is this?
Comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'
simile
We spoke on the phone for 100 hours
Hyperbole
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
Does your example match the definition:
uses the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare 2 things
What figurative language is this?
An exaggeration
Her smile was as bright as the sun
Simile
The old door went _______ as we opened it.
50 extra points: what type of figurative language is this?
creak, squeak, screech
Onomatopoeia
Write an example for a hyperbole
Does your example match the definition:
an exaggeration
What figurative language is this?
Repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words.
Alliteration
Her long hair was a flowing golden river.
Metaphor
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
Write an example for personification
Does your example match the definition:
giving human characteristics to an animal or object
What figurative language is this?
Human characteristics are given to an animal or object
Personification
That test was a piece of cake
Idiom
The wind _______ in the night.
50 extra points: what type of figurative language is this?
whistled, howled, etc.
Personification
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.
What figurative language is this?
Comparison that says that you ARE something
Metaphor
The old tire lost air with a hiss
onomatopoeia
My little sister's smile is _______ on a cloudy day.
50 extra points: what type of figurative language is this?
sunshine
metaphor
Write an example for an onomatopoeia
Does your example match the definition:
a word that imitates the sounds of a thing.