Examples
Name the figurative language:
The stars danced in the night.
What is personification?
Identify the figurative language
"Prior planning prevents poor performance."
What is alliteration?
Name the figurative language:
The lovely lilies looked as lively as ever.
Alliteration.
Identify the example:
The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
Identify the figurative language:
The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
Name the figurative language:
The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.
Metaphor.
Name the figurative language:
He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
Identify the figurative language:
"The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language:
The ghost said "Boo!"
Onomatopoeia
Name the figurative language:
Bless your heart.
What is an idiom?
Identify the figurative language:
The bee buzzed around my head. BZZZ!
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the figurative language:
It is a million degrees outside!
Hyperbole.
Name the figurative language:
He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language:
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What hyperbole?
Name the figurative language:
The air was as cold as ice.
Simile