Type
What type of figuretive language makes an indirect comparison between two unlike things.
Metaphor
What is the meaning of this metaphor?
When I talked back to my mom, she was as loud as a fire alarm
She was extremely loud
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
Her hands were as sticky as glue.
Simile
What sentence has an example of a metaphor?
a. He is a talking computer at day and a sloth at night
b. Mother told me to ''break a leg'' in my game.
c. Pepper was as brave as captain america
a. He is a talking computer at day and a sloth at night
What type of figurative language is this, and what does it mean?
She was the brightest diamond in the room
Metaphor- She was gorgeous/ really pretty
Which type of figurative language contains words that are not meant to be taking literally?
Idioms
What/who is being compared in this example?
Samantha was like a thunderstorm of ideas!
Samantha and a thunderstorm
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
He's as fast as light
Simile
Which sentence is an example of an allusion?
a. His honor fell to the lowest pit in the earth.
b. Marc is as smart as Peter Parker.
c. She asked who he was so much she sounded like an owl.
b. Marc is as smart as Peter Parker.
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below? Explain why the author included this-ball was crying when I didn't catch it
Personification - Meaning is up to teacher
Which type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-living things?
Personification
What is being personified in this example?
when Patrick entered the forest, the tree whispered towards his ears to enter.
The tree is being personified
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?
The weather looked at me straight in the eye and told me to not go out
Personification
Which sentence is an example of an idiom?
a. Going to the movies with my friends cost me an arm and a leg.
b. I am the prettiest person in the planet earth!
c. He is the biggest hypocrite in the multiverse.
a. Going to the movies with my friends cost me an arm and a leg.
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
She was seen by a million cameras
Hyperbole
What type of figurative language is an overused phrase
Cliche
What is the meaning of the following hyperbole
Her smile could stop time
Her smile is captivating and really beautiful
What type of figurative language is used below?
Colleen cooked a cow with his spouse in his house
Alliteration
Which sentence is an example of personification?
a. The author died of excitement when he got recognized at the library.
b.The view from upstairs was unbelievable! I can't imagine anything better
c. The baseball gave me a big hug when I picked it up.
c. The baseball gave me a big hug when I picked it up.
Use two similes in one sentence
answers vary - teacher discretion.
Which type of figurative language has repetition of a beginning sound within the same line in a poem or sentence?
Alliteration
What is the meaning of the following idiom?
After having one bite into that apple, Enzo's grandma kicked the bucket
What kind of figurative language is this
He was as rich as Scrooge Mcduck.
simile and allusion
Which of these are an example of simile?
a. Jonathan really liked his new bicycle, it was his new best friend.
b. The textbook was like a love letter for peter.
c. No one really liked doing their job, the teacher was the only one enjoying themselves.
d. All of the above
b. The textbook was like a love letter for peter.
Which sentence is an example of a figurative language?
a. She was the best player the league had ever seen!
b. She was as good as Kyrie Irving!
c. She was an extraordinary person
b. She was as good as Kyrie Irving!