This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.
What is personification?
Identify the literary device, "Prior planning prevents poor performance."
What is alliteration?
Name the literary device: The lovely lilies looked as lively as ever.
Alliteration.
Pickles start out as which vegetable?
Cucumbers
Cat is to kitten as dog is to ________.
Puppy
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
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.
How many oceans are there on earth?
Battery is to flashlight as ________ is to car
engine
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
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?
Why do authors use figurative language?
Depends
What is your body's largest organ?
your skin
Like is to love as dislike is to ________.
Hate
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
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.
How many bones do sharks have?
none
Bee is to hive as bear is to ________.
Den
What does imagery mean?
Uses vivid descriptions that appeal to a readers' senses to create a strong mental picture
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
Who’s hand is this?
Buzz Lightyear
Chef is to food as sculptor is to ________.
Stone