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 "Silent and still, the serpent slithered through the shadows. "
What is alliteration?
Name the figurative language: "He let the cat out of the bag."
Idiom
What do authors use to evoke strong feelings or impressions by exaggerating?
hyperbole
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 it called when a writer appeals to a reader's senses by using descriptive and figurative language?
Imagery
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
What is Oxymoron?
Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
Identify the figurative language: The Captain shouted, "All hands on deck!"
What is a Synecdoche?
Name the figurative language: "Ring-ring, phone call from depression"
Personification
What is another way to say figures of speech?
Figurative language
Repeats phrases or words at the beginning of sentences
What is a Anaphora?
Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.
What is an idiom?
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head. BUZZZ!
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the figurative language: Johnny is feeling under the weather?
Idiom.
What is a phrase or a saying that is generally understood to mean something specific but makes no sense?
Idiom
An innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant
Euphemism
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: "You're hot when you're cold, You're yes then you're no "
What an Paradox?
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
figurative language which creates a play on words. For example: A horse is a very stable animal.
What is a Pun?