Definitions
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
a Simile?
Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.
Personification?
Identify the figurative language "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Aliteration?
Name the figurative language: "He let the cat out of the bag."
Idiom
True or false:
A central idea is a word or an emotion.
False
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 a section of a poem called?
Stanza
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
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"
a simile?
What is this an example of: Fortunato’s responds “I shall not die of a cough.” Montresor’s knowingly replies, true –true.” (Poe 3)
Dramatic Irony
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
a metaphor?
Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.
an idiom?
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head. BUZZZ!
onomatopoeia?
Name the figurative language: Johnny is feeling under the weather?
Idiom.
The message or lesson of a story is called?
theme
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: "Costs an arm and a leg."
an idiom?
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
What is the mood of a poem?
The feeling the author is trying to convey.