Identify Figurative Language
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
simile
Name the figurative language: "The car's engine groaned when I turned the key!"
personification
"Im so hungry I could eat a horse"
This is an example of a...
Hyperbole!
True or false: We can enhance our writing by adding figurative language.
True
What does this idiom mean?
I better hit the books! My test is next Friday!
to study hard
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
simile
Name the figurative language: She was dying of laughter.
Hyperbole.
Identify the figurative language: I could sleep forever!
Hyperbole
What is alliteration?
repeated letter sounds
What does this idiom mean?
That girl is one smart cookie!
very clever or smart
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
metaphor
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
A hyperbole is...
An extreme exaggeration of the truth.
True or False?
When using Figurative Language everything said needs to be taken literally
False!
What does this idiom mean?
It's raining cats and dogs!
It is raining really hard
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
metaphor
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
personification
True or False
The following sentence is a Hyperbole:
"The man was as tall as a skyscraper"
False!
Are examples of what?
Onomatopoeia
What does this idiom mean?
The appointment totally slipped my mind!
To forget something
Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole
True or False
The following sentence is a Hyperbole:
"We already went over this lesson a million times already!"
True
List 4 types of figurative language
simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, imagery, onomatopoeia
What does this idiom mean?
That test was a piece of cake.
easy