Type
Cindy and Anelly
Cindy and Anelly
Find the type of figurative language and explain the meaning.
This cupcake is a rainbow of flavors!
Metaphor, the cupcake has a bunch of different tastes.
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
The boy was as skinny as a toothpick.
Simile
What sentence has an example of a metaphor?
a. My father always says, "Laughter is the best medicine."
b. The rollercoaster went up and down like an elevator!
c. My brother sometimes dresses like a clown to scare me.
What type of figurative language is this, and what does it mean?
The car smashed into the store front and hits as hard as a bulldozer.
Simile-the carl has the power to knock things down
This type of figurative language contains words that are not meant to be taking literally.
Idiom
Find the type of figurative language and explain the meaning.
Timothy was like a kid in a candy store!
Simile, Timothy is being compared to a kid.
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
It is like herding cats when we line up from recess.
Simile -this implies that middle schoolers are hard to physically manage or command what to do. Like cats the kids will do whatever they want!
Which sentence is an example of a simile?
a. I really like to go swimming at the lake in the summer.
b. I started to feel nauseous as I waited for my turn to speak.
c. After I hurt my ankle, I moved as slow as a turtle.
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below? Explain what the author is trying to show.
The donut called me from the kitchen so I had to go and get it!
Personification and that the need to eat the donut was so strong, it was like someone was forcing him to do it.
This type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-living things.
Personification
Find the type of figurative language and explain the meaning.
It's raining cats and dogs!
Idiom, it can't actually rain cats and dogs.
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?
The pizza was proudly prepared by Paul.
Alliteration
Which sentence is an example of onomatopoeia?
a. Leon the largest lion was laughing loudly.
b. Tick, tick, tick, all I could hear was the clock aggravating me all night long.
c. When we heard the whistle we made sure to freeze.
b. Tick, tick, tick, all I could hear was the clock aggravating me all night long.
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
It is raining cats and dogs!
Idiom
This type of figurative language is a reference to something.
Allusion
Find the type of figurative language and explain the meaning.
I'm so bored I could die.
Hyperbole, they do not actually want to die.
What type of figurative language is used below?
I can't do the mountain of homework I have.
What two types of figurative language could this be?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Which sentence is an example of personification?
a. My brother bob loves to bake brownies for my birthday?
b. The stairs groaned as the crowd left the stadium?
c. Jenny bought a snack with the dollar burning in her pocket?
b. The stairs groaned as the crowd left the stadium?
Give me a sentence using alliteration.
answers vary - teacher discretion.
This type of figurative language has repetition of a beginning sound within the same line in a poem or sentence.
Alliteration
Find the type of figurative language and explain the meaning.
"Okay Sherlock."
Allusion, they are referencing to Sherlock Holmes who is a detective.
The cat was as soft as silk.
What two types of figurative language is this?
simile and alliteration
Which sentence is an example of alliteration?
a. Monkeys make major messes.
b. Pete the penguin likes pizza and pickles.
c. Sam sipped a strawberry slushie.
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE
Which sentence is an example of a hyperbole?
a. My big brother can be such a couch potato.
b. The water balloon went splat as it hit the ground.
c. I could hardly wait for dinner. I was so hungry I could eat a horse.
c. I could hardly wait for dinner. I was so hungry I could eat a horse.