Type
Ariela
Ariela
What is being compared in the following:
Joey was a sleeping baby.
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
The dog was as hyper as a kid with a sugar rush.
Simile
What sentence has an example of a metaphor?
a. Her eyes were diamonds
b. Bob broke the blue truck.
c. Her eyes were as shiny as a diamond.
a. Her eyes were diamonds
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
Which figurative language is like an exaggeration
Hyperbole
What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
He is a human calculator.
He is very smart.
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
It's like diving in a pool.
Simile -this implies that when you do a forward roll you are basically diving but just rolling your body at the end.
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. His cry was as loud as glass falling on the floor.
c. His cry was as loud as the floor.
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.
Which figurative language uses sarcasm?
Idiom
What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
Her voice soothed my mind
Her voice sounded good.
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?
Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.
Alliteration
Which sentence is an example of onomatopoeia?
a. Leon the largest lion was laughing loudly.
b. Drip, Drop, Drip, the rain drops fell when it rained
c. When we heard the whistle we made sure to freeze.
b. Drip, Drop, Drip, the rain drops fell when it rained
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
It is raining cats and dogs!
Idiom
Which type of figurative language is picturing/imagning something?
Imagery
What is the meaning of the following idiom?
She cried over spilled milk.
She had no reason to cry.
What type of figurative language is used below?
A tsunami of questions hit me when I finished my sentence.
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 wind howled because it was very cold.
c. Jenny bought a snack with the dollar burning in her pocket?
b. The wind howled because it was very cold.
Give me a sentence using alliteration.
answers vary - teacher discretion.
Which type of figurative language repeats the same letter in every word in a sentence?
Alliteration
I always help Sam with her homework, but at this point it's getting to far. I'm basically doing as much homework as everyone in the school combined! From now on every time she asks for help I'll just say I'm too busy with my own homework.
What is it called at what does it mean?
Hyperbole and she is doing a LOT of homework
The food was calling me like it was hypnotizing me.
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.