DEFINITIONS
COMPARING
EXAMPLES
SAY WHAT?
EVERYONE IS A POET
100
The term that means “comparing two or more things without using like or as.”
What is metaphor.
100
What is being compared in the following example: “The cat is as mean as a python.”
What is a cat and a python
100
This is what type of figurative language: “Shake it like a Polaroid picture.”
What is Simile.
100
What is the literal meaning of this metaphor: “We would have had more to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog.
What is Tammy ate a lot.
100
Create a simile that compares a baby to a button.
What is The baby is as cute as a button.
200
The term that means “comparing two or more things using like or as.”
What is Simile.
200
What is being compared in the following example: “Girl, I love you like a fat kid loves cake.”
What is My love to a fat kids love of cake
200
This is what type of figurative language: “The sun winked at me through the clouds.”
What is Personification
200
What is the literal meaning of this hyperbole: “I’m so hungry I could eat a whole cow.”
What is I’m really hungry.
200
Create a metaphor that compares Johnny to a mountain.
What is Johnny is a mountain. He can see for miles.
300
The term that means “an extreme exaggeration.”
What is Hyperbole.
300
What is being compared in the following example: “My dad is a huge teddy bear.”
What is My dad to a teddy bear
300
This is what type of figurative language: “She is as fast as a jaguar.”
What is Simile
300
What is the literal meaning of this simile: “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
What is Life is unpredictable.
300
Create a hyperbole that exaggerates how old Mr. Todd looks.
What is Mr. Todd looks like he is a million years old.
400
The term that means “giving inanimate or lifeless objects human qualities.”
What is Personification.
400
What is being compared in the following example: “My heart’s a stereo. It beats for you so listen close.”
What is Heart to a stereo
400
This is what type of figurative language: “Baby, you a song. You make me want to roll my windows down and cruise.”
What is Metaphor
400
What is the literal meaning of this hyperbole: “I’d catch a grenade for ya. Through my hand on a blade for ya.”
What is This person would risk their life for their love.
400
Create a personification about donuts.
What is The donuts kept screaming my name.
500
The term that means "repetition of a beginning sound or within the word"
What is Alliteration.
500
What is being compared in the following example: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind wanting to start again?.”
What is Feelings to a plastic bag drifting in the wind.
500
What are the two types of figurative language used in: “I will love you until the cow jumps over the moon.”
What is Hyperbole & Personification.
500
What is the literal meaning of this personification: “When I met David for the first time, butterflies started to dance in my stomach.
What is I became nervous the first time I met David
500
Create a metaphor that compares emotions to a roller coaster
What is This week has been an emotional rollercoaster.
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