simile & metaphor
What is a simile?
Comparison using like or as
What is personification?
Giving a nonhuman object humanlike qualities
What is onomatopoeia?
What is an oxymoron?
Two words with opposite meanings used to create a new phrase
My father is a tall giraffe
metaphor
What is a metaphor?
Comparison without using like or as
What is a hyperbole?
An over exaggeration
What is alliteration?
Repeating the beginning sounds, or first letter
What is an idiom?
Figure of speech where the words do not mean exactly what they say
onomatopoeia, but assonance also accepted.
Is this a simile or metaphor?
My mother is a busy bee.
Is this personification or hyperbole?
It's so hot outside that I'm melting.
Hyperbole
Is this alliteration or onomatopoeia?
My brother's baseball bat brings bad luck.
alliteration
Is this an oxymoron or an idiom?
small crowd
oxymoron
Little Lisa was laughing loudly with Liam.
Alliteration.
Is this a simile or metaphor?
Eyes blue like the ocean.
Simile
Is this personification or hyperbole?
The trees danced in the wind.
Is this alliteration or onomatopoeia?
There were two cars racing towards eachother and BAM! a huge crash happened.
Is this an idiom or an oxymoron?
I have butterfies in my stomach.
idiom
Her smile was a mile wide!
Hyperbole
Label a simile and metaphor in this excerpt.
We just moved to this new town, and I hate it. Everyone here stares at me like owls, waiting for me to mess up. This place is a wasteland, all I see is trash and people like trash. I need to leave.
Simile: "stares at me like owls" or "people like trash"
Metaphor: "Place is a wasteland"
Within 30 seconds, come up with a new example of personification
Anything valid works here.
Within 30 seconds, come up with a new alliteration example.
Anything works here
Is this an example of an idiom or oxymoron?
once in a blue moon
idiom
Name all the figures of speech present in this paragraph:
I wandered worthlessly to the water. The stream was racing effortlessly. The splish splash of the water reached my ears now. I was so close, yet I was so far.
alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, anaphora