Identify the Fig. Lang.
Identify the figurative language device in the following example:
"The villain fell twelve stories, hitting the pavement like a garbage bag filled with vegetable soup."
Simile - comparing the impact of the fall to a garbage bag filled with soup
Identify the figurative language device used:
"Captain America is as strong as 100 men."
Simile
Identify the figurative language device used in this song lyric:
“Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.”
– Let it Be (By The Beatles)
Alliteration: "Whisper words of wisdom"
What figurative language device is being used? Explain.
"Compared to Johnny's home, my home was like heaven." ― The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton
Simile; two homes are being compared to one another. While Ponyboy may not have the best life at home, he compares his home to Johnny's to indicate that Johnny's life at home is worse than his.
Identify the figurative language device in the following example:
"The branches bowed to the ground."
Personification - branches were making a movement (i.e., bowing)
“You can’t have more types of fake news than real news.” (Elon Musk)
What figurative language device is being used?
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Oxymoron
D. Metaphor
C. Oxymoron - "fake news" is an oxymoron because "news" refers to newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events that are usually true. Adding the word "fake" indicates that the news isn't real.
Identify the figurative language device used in this song lyric:
"The high yellow moon won’t come out to play..."
– Concrete Jungle (by Bob Marley)
Personification: "The high yellow moon won’t come out to play"
Identify the figurative language used in this line.
“With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim” - Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “Pied Beauty.”
Alliteration; "swift, slow; sweet, sour"
Identify the figurative language device in the following example:
"The fire crackled long after everyone went to sleep."
Onomatopoeia by using the word "crackle"
In this scene from "Avengers: Infinity War", The Guardians meet Thor for the first time. Identify any figurative language devices used in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09epUInpFsg
"It's like a pirate had a baby with an angel." (Simile) Brute and beauty (pirate/angel) are used to describe Thor's appearance.
"It's like his muscles are made of Cotati metal fibers." (Simile) Gamora compares Thor's muscles to metal fibers; they are both strong and firm.
Identify the figurative language device used in this song lyric:
“I only wanna die alive.”
– Ariana Grande (Break Free)
Oxymoron: Ariana Grande makes a contradictory statement, using two opposite things side-by-side by saying she wants to "die alive"; there’s no possible way to die alive, just like it’s impossible to wake up dead.
"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it."
What figurative language device is being used?
Personification - personifying Maycomb, a town, as tired and old; it's a worn-out town that has been around for years.
Identify the figurative language device in the following example:
"Dewdrops dwell delicately."
Alliteration - repeating the initial consonant sound of "d"
Use a figurative language device (ex., simile, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia) to describe the way Shang is fighting in this scene of "Shang-Chi" (2021).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plKmoGJ6rfc
Shang is a speeding bullet (metaphor)
Shang moves as swift as a sword (simile)
Shang slides swiftly on the ground (alliteration)
A lot of sound effects are used in this scene, including smash, zap, and bang. (onomatopoeia)Identify the figurative language device used in this song lyric:
"I see this life like a swinging vine"
– OneRepublic (Counting Stars)
This simile relates to the songwriter’s relationship with life. A “swinging vine” is known as a risky, unpredictable means of transportation. The songwriter knows that life is unpredictable, but also knows he has to take the risk.
“’Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.” ― A Room with a View, E.M. Forster
What figurative language device is being used? Explain.
Metaphor - The quote compares life to a public performance using a violin, where the individual must learn how to navigate and understand the instrument just as people must do with life.
Identify two figurative language devices in the following example:
“He could hear Beatty's voice. ‘Sit down, Montag. Watch. Delicately, like the petals of a flower. Light the first page, light the second page. Each becomes a black butterfly. Beautiful, eh? Light the third page from the second and so on, chainsmoking, chapter by chapter, all the silly things the words mean, all the false promises, all the second-hand notions and time-worn philosophies.'” — Fahrenheit 451
Simile: "Delicately, like the petals of a flower."
Metaphor: "Light the first page, light the second page. Each becomes a black butterfly."
What do you think the mayor means by "bigger is better" in this scene of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"?
The mayor says "bigger is better" while patting his stomach to indicate the mayor's greed (wanting too much), which is compared to gluttony (eating too much). He manipulates Flint to continue producing bigger foods to give the town more popularity and to gain more money. He disregards the possible consequences if they continue to produce bigger food, just as how he disregards the consequences of how consuming large amounts of food affect him.
Identify the figurative language device used in this song lyric:
"A tornado flew around my room before you came..."
– Frank Ocean (Thinking Bout You)
Metaphor - Here, Frank Ocean uses the metaphor of a room as a representation of his life. By stating that “a tornado flew around his room,” Frank is saying that his life was crazy, like a tornado, before his partner came into his life.
“Wishes are thorns, he told himself sharply. They do us no good, just stick into our skin and hurt us.” ― A Face Like Glass, Frances Hardinge
What figurative language device is being used? Explain.
Metaphor - The quote compares wishes to thorns by saying they are both painful and useless.