Definitions 1
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?
What is a noun?
A person, place, or thing
Name the figurative language: "He let the cat out of the bag."
Idiom
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
Alliteration
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
What is a verb?
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
Name the figurative language.
BOOM! BANG! The tower collapsed at the construction site.
Name the 5 great lakes
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
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 verb in the following sentence:
We traveled to Spain last summer.
traveled
Name the figurative language: "The boy was a sky scraper, towering over all the other students".
Metaphor
Name the 7 continents
North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antartica
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
That was a piece of cake.
Idiom
Identifying the linking verb below:
She seemed tired.
seemed
"He was a true Romeo with the ladies."
a. metaphor
b. personification
c. paradox
d. allusion
d. Allusion
What was the first billion-dollar movie?
a. Titanic
b. Finding Nemo
c. Jaws
d. Pitch Perfect
a. Titanic
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.
Metaphor
What is the verb?
The soup is hot and spicy.
is
This definition refers to what figurative language?
A brief, indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of literature, history, or culture.
Allusion
What fruit is the most consumed fresh fruit in the United States?
a. Apple
b. Banana
c. Mango
d. Strawberry
b. Banana