FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING
GO FIGURE!
CAN YOU FIGURE OUT THE SONG?
100
_________ is also known as a 'sound word'. a. simile b. metaphor c. onomatopoeia d. hyperbole
c. onomatopoeia
100
Give an example of an onomatopoeia.
zoom, pow, boom, meow, or any sound word
100
Name the type of figurative language in the song! There ain't no mountain high enough Ain't no valley low enough Ain't no river wide enough To keep me from getting to you. Marvin Gaye
Hyperbole
200
A/an ________ compared things using 'like' or 'as'. a. simile b. metaphor c. onomatopoeia d. hyperbole
a. simile
200
She is as light as a feather. Is this is a simile or metaphor? Why?
Simile because it uses 'as'
200
Name the type of figurative language in the song "You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes” Michael Jackson
Personification
300
"I tried to call you a thousand times!" is an example of a. simile b. metaphor c. onomatopoeia d. hyperbole
d. hyperbole
300
Hyperbole is a statement of extreme ____________.
What is exaggeration?
300
Name the type of figurative language in the song! I like that boom boom pow Them chickens jackin my style They try to copy my swagger I'm on that next sh now I'm so 3008 You so 2000 and late I got that boom boom boom That future boom boom boom Let me get it now.
Onomatopoeia
400
________ is the comparison of two things that don't use "like" or "as". a. simile b. metaphor c. onomatopoeia d. hyperbole
b. metaphor
400
His hair is a messy haystack! What is this an example of?
What is a metaphor?
400
Name the type of figurative language in the song! “You make me smile like the sun Fall out of bed, sing like a bird Dizzy in my head, spin like a record Crazy on a Sunday night” Uncle Kracker
Simile
500
Your friendship is the picture to my frame... What is this an example of? a. simile b. metaphor c. onomatopoeia d. hyperbole
b. metaphor
500
His hair is a white snowflake! Change this sentence so it includes a simile.
His hair is white like a snowflake!
500
Name the type of figurative language in the song! Katy Perry Baby your a fire work, come on let your colors burst. Make them go up up up. or “That you were Romeo You were throwing pebbles And my daddy said Stay away from Juliet” Taylor Swift
Metaphor
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