Similes
Metaphors
Idioms
Alliteration, Personification, and Onomatopoeia
Miscellaneous
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True!
True or False---Is this an example of a simile? My hands were like ice.
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False
True or False--A metaphor will never have the word "as," but may have the word "like" in it.
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List 2 idioms.
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depends
Give an example sentence using alliteration.
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Specific expressions and or styles in writing that help the reader to visualize the text. It creates a more vivid picture in the reader's mind, makes it more interesting, and makes it easier for the reader to understand.
What is figurative language?
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A simile is a comparison using like or as.
What is the definition of a simile?
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A comparision not using like or as that states an object or person as something else.
What is the definition of a metaphor?
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An expression or phrase that has a different meaning than the literal meaning of its words.
What is the defintion of an idiom?
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Personification is when writers give human actions, feelings, or characterisitcs to a non-living thing or animal.
What is the defintion of personification?
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a metaphor
What type of figurative language is this an example of? "You are a star trailing fire at night."
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Create your own simile using "as" in it
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True
True or False---Is this a metaphor? You are the light of my world.
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List 3 idioms and explain what they really mean when you use them.
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The sentence about the bunny rabbit is not personification because bunny rabbits leap all of the time. That is not giving the rabbit a human characteristic.
Explain which sentence shows personification and which does not. Explain why they are not both personification. The bunny rabbit leaped up the steps. As I tripped, the coffee cup leaped out of my hands onto the carpet.
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a metaphor
What type of figurative language is this an example of? "You are the beat of the sun at noon. You are the tug and the push of the moon."
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Create your own simile using "like" about an object in this classroom.
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(answer will depend)
Create your own metaphor.
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a bed of roses
Complete the sentence with the best idiom: "Without tests, quizzes, and homework, school would be ________________________. knock on wood the apple of my eye a bed of roses a loose cannon
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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the actual sound of something. Other answers will vary
What is the definition of onomatopoeia? Also, give 5 examples.
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a metaphor and personification
What two types of figurative language are shown in this sentence? The kite is a speedy jet high in the sky, wanting, like you, to be free.
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Owl Moon
"The snow was as white as the milk in a cereal bowl." This simile is taken from what book?
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Song lyrics
Besides in books, what other source is full of many similes and metaphors?
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To go to bed for the night.
What does the idiom "hit the hay" really mean?
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Create a sentence about "clouds" that shows personification.
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List: One simile One idiom One example of alliteration One example of onomatopoeia
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