Definitions
A figure of speech that compares two things that are unrelated using the words like or as.
Simile
Dad is loud as a lion when he gets angry.
Simile
Which part of the sentence makes this an example of personification?
The flowers were begging for water.
Begging
The use of descriptive words that appeal to the five senses.
Imagery
What does the following simile mean?
The trees towered above like skyscrapers.
The trees were very tall.
A figure of speech that compares two things WITHOUT using the words like or as. May use the words are or is.
Metaphor
Riiinnnggg Riiinngg went the phone as it rang for the seventh time that morning.
Onomatopeia
Which part of the sentence makes this an example of alliteration?
Sally sold seashells down by the seashore.
Sally, sold, seashells and seashore
Giving human qualities or abilities to non human things.
Personification.
What does the following metaphor mean?
The alligator's teeth were white daggers.
The alligators teeth were clean and sharp.
A word that phonetically resembles or suggests the sound that it describes.
Onomatopeia
The trees danced in the wind
Personification
Which part of the sentence makes this an example of an oxymoron?
I can't make any promises, but it's a definite possibility.
Definite possibility
A combination of two contradictory words or words that cancel each other out usually side by side in a sentence.
Oxymoron
The baby's smile was a mile wide.
The baby had a really big smile.
A saying that has a meaning that is different from the literal meaning of the phrase.
Idiom
This suitcase weighs a ton.
Hyperbole
Which part of the sentence makes this an example of a hyperbole?
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Eat a horse.
What is this an example of?
The classroom was a zoo.
Metaphor
What is the meaning of the personification statement below?
The book laughed as I tickled its pages with my fingers.
You were turning the pages.
Exaggerated claims not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
The room filled with a deafening silence.
Oxymoron
What part of the sentence makes this an example of an idiom.
Sam was feeling under the weather that morning.
Under the weather.
What is this an example of?
The toddlers face turned cherry red as his tiny feet stomped on the ground and his hands were balled in the tightest little fists.
Imagery
What is the meaning of the oxymoron below?
He has become a very unpopular celebrity.
He is a famous person who is not very well liked.