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 "Friendship is a roller coaster with a lot of ups and downs."
What is metaphor?
Name the figurative language: "The lovely lilies smiled at me as I passed by."
personification
Make up onomatopoeia for a road
was it onomatopoeia?
figurative language with sound words
What is onomatopoeia?
Identify the example: The slithering snake hissed at the small children.
onomatopoeia
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.
Make up a Metaphor about love
was it a metaphor?
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: She was as musical as a hummingbird.
Simile
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: "The wind whispered softly to the trees that change was coming."
onomatopoeia
double points
Make up a use of Personification with a book
was it personification?
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
double points
Name the figurative language: I just climbed a million stairs.
What is an hyperbole?
Identify the figurative language: The boy flushed the toilet. Whoosh!!
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the figurative language: It is a million degrees outside!
Hyperbole.
make up a hyperbole about homework
was it a hyperbole?
Figurative language that is an exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What hyperbole?
Double points
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
make up a simile for a picnic
was it a simile?
double points