Definitions 1
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: The stars winked at our antics.
What is personification?
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an object or action.
Onomatopoeia
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition: A phrase that shows exaggeration that cannot possibly be true
Hyperbole
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
Name the figurative language: The water was a balm to his wounded spirit.
Metaphor.
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things
Personification
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: He moved across the courtyard as a cheetah moves across the savannah.
Simile
Identify the figurative language: "He looked up at the screen like a sloth regarding a butterfly."
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: "That sky scraper of a center blocked all my shots."
Metaphor
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
A phrase that shows exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.
Hyperbole
This type of figurative language compares two things by saying one is the other.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head.
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
This type of figurative language can often be seen in comic books.
Onomatopoeia
What type of figurative language is this? "I will come after you with the fury of a thousand suns."
Hyperbole
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane in the opponent's penalty area.
What is a metaphor?
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition. When people, places, and things stand for something beyond themselves.
Symbolism
Name the figurative language: The breeze was as cold as an Arctic blast.
Simile
Name the figurative language: I will not play at tug o' war I'd rather play at hug o' war, Where everyone hugs Instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles And rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, And everyone grins, And everyone cuddles, And everyone wins.