Figurative Language 1
What is the type of figurative language?
"Robbie saw rabbits resting by roses"
Alliteration
What is the type of figurative language?
"The thunder zapped through the sky!"
Onomatopoeia
What is the type of figurative language?
"She sings like an angel."
Simile
What is the type of figurative language?
"I learned to ride my bike a million years ago."
Hyperbole
What is the type of figurative language?
"Love is a rose"
Metaphor
What is the type of figurative language?
"Pepperoni is my least favorite pizza topping"
Oxymoron
What is the type of figurative language?
"The warrior has a heart of stone"
Metaphor
What is the definition of Onomatopoeia?
Words that sound like what they are.
What is the type of figurative language?
"That building can touch the clouds!"
Hyperbole
What is the type of figurative language?
"There was a fire in the fire station last night."
Irony
What is the definition of Metaphor?
A comparison of two unlike things that suggest a similarity between the two items.
What is the type of figurative language?
"I love eating jumbo shrimp"
Oxymoron
What is the type of figurative language?
"I am feeling a bit under the weather"
Idiom
What is the definition of Oxymoron?
2 words next to each other that have opposite meanings.
What is the definition of simile?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is the type of figurative language?
"Using that pencil is pointless!"
Pun
What is the definition of Irony?
The opposite of what is meant
What is the type of figurative language?
"I wish I could click my heels and be back home"
Allusion - reference to Wizard of Oz
What is the definition of Alliteration?
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a phrase.
What is the type of figurative language?
"The thirsty grass drank the rain water."
Personification
What is figurative language?
What is the definition of allusion?
When a reference is made to another story.
What is the definition of Idiom?
An expression that cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements. (a phrase or sentence that does not literally mean what it says)
What is the definition of Pun(s)?
A word or words, which are formed or sounded alike, but have different meaning; two have more than one possible meaning.
Why is figurative language important to use in writing?