Simile or Metaphor?
Hyperbole or Personification?
Hyperbole or Onomatopoeia?
Idioms
DANGER ZONE
100

This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

Simile

100

Name the figurative language: "The car's engine groaned when I turned the key!"

What is personification?

100

Give an example of an HYPERBOLE in a sentence about 'pizza'! 

Ms. Dybas makes the greatest pizza in all of Chicago! 

100

If I'm "on top of the world", how do I feel?

Feeling very happy, delighted

100

True or false: We can enhance our writing by adding figurative language.

True

200

This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.

 Metaphor

200

Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us. 

Personification 

200

This type of figurative language is when words mimic sounds! 

Onomatopoeia

200

What does the idiom  "The class is all ears" mean?

The class is waiting attentively to hear about something.

200

This type of figurative language is a form of expression particular to a specific person or group of people, but it is NOT LITERAL.

What is an IDIOM
300

Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah. 

Simile

300

What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."

Hyperbole

300

BOOM! CUCKOO! DING! & BANG! What is the use of these words called in figurative language?

ONOMATOPOEIA

300

What does the idiom "this question is a piece of cake" mean?

It is super easy. 

300

List 5 types of figurative language 

simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, personification, repetition, alliteration, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, pun, irony, paradox, imagery

400

Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"

Simile?

400

Name the figurative language: She was dying of laughter.

Hyperbole.

400

Identify the figurative language: I could sleep forever!

Hyperbole

400

If Ms. Sanches says:  "The class always goes bananas"

What does she mean?

To act crazy, become extremely angry or excited, or to act without self-control. 

400

Why do we use figurative language in our writing?

to help the reader better understand what we are trying to describe and make it more entertaining

500

Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.

Metaphor 

500

This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.

What is personification?

500

Give an example of HYPERBOLE!

-She never stops talking 

-I could sleep forever 

-These shoes are killing me

- I've told you a million times  

500

The idiom: "Today, my friend gave me the cold shoulder."  What was she doing?

To intentionally ignore or show no interest in someone or something

500

What is the difference between LITERAL language and FIGURATIVE language. 


Literal language means exactly what is said while figurative language has different meanings than the words that are used. 

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