Definitions
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 figurative language "Prior planning prevents poor performance."
What is alliteration?
Name the figurative language: This was our Declaration of Independence and if Mom didn’t let us go to that concert, she would be our King George III.
Allusion.
What is the definition of a simile?
comparing 2 unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
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.
What is the definition for Hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration
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?
Name the figurative language: "The soft wind blew through the trees with the sweet smell of spring flowers."
What is the definition for Onomatopoeia?
a word from a sound associated with what is named
ex: BOOM,CRASH,BANG
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: When was the last time you felt under the weather?
Idiom.
What is the definition for Personification?
Giving human characteristics to things that are not human.
indirect reference
allusion
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: "Costs an arm and a leg."
What an idiom?
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
What is the definition for Alliteration?
The repeating of the same letter or sound, especially consonants - tongue twisters.