Type
What type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two things?
The boy is like a puppy.
What does this mean?
The boy is cute.
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
The boy was as lazy as an old dog.
Simile
What sentence has an example of a metaphor?
a. BOOM BOOM CHK CHK BOOM.
b. The rollercoaster went up and down like an elevator!
c. The guy does a Kung Fu Panda move.
a. BOOM BOOM CHK CHK BOOM (another song lyric)
What type of figurative language is this, and what does it mean?
I ate too much food, I feel like I'm about to burst.
Hyperbole and the person's stomach is hurting/feels weird.
Which type of figurative language contains words that are not meant to be taking literally?
Idioms
Jane is as beautiful as a rose.
What does this sentence mean?
It means Jane is very stunning or/and beautiful
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
I heard a loud WHOOSH of air out of my window.
onomatopoeia
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. I am a Hyperion tree
c. I am a Hyperion tree
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 type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-living things?
Personification
The day of my dance competition was here. When I went to greet my best friend she told me "Break a leg!" before I headed out to the spotlight.
What authors craft is "Break a leg" and what is the meaning?
idiom and it means good luck!!!
What two types of figurative language is used in the sentence?
Honey has hundreds of horses
Alliteration & Hyperbole
Which sentence is an example of onomatopoeia?
a. Leon the largest lion was laughing loudly.
b. I want to be as sneaky as a cat.
c. When we heard the whistle we made sure to freeze.
b. I want to be as sneaky as a cat.
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
It is raining cats and dogs!
Idiom
NYEOOOOOOH (racing sound)
What is the author's craft shown?
Onomatopoeia
What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
Life is one big rollercoaster ride!
Life has ups and downs.
The little girl is unique like the swan in "The Ugly Duckling"
Allusion
Simile
Which sentence is an example of personification?
a. The brownies were as yummy as cloud 9.
b. The old door was in the haunted house, and it screamed whenever someone opened it.
c. Jenny bought a snack with the dollar burning in her pocket?
b. The old door was in the haunted house, and it screamed whenever someone opened it.
Give me any sentence with allusion.
Judged if yes or no.
Which type of figurative language has repetition of a beginning sound within the same line in a poem or sentence?
Alliteration
As the water washes the wound of the small boy,
We know that it will hurt more than before.
Feeling are a lot different than from your toys.
So if you get hurt, then that cut could be sore.
In the poem, is there a repetition or alliteration? Write down the repetition or alliteration.
There is alliteration. In the first line "water washes the wound" shows alliteration.
Frozen nitrogen is burning cold.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
Oxymoron.
Which sentence is an example of allusion
a. I'm gonna draw my future like Picasso.
b. Peter the penguin likes pizza and pickles.
c. The Sun shares solar warmness to others.
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE
a. I'm gonna draw my future like Picasso. (By the way it's a song lyric)
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.