Figures of Speech 1
Comparing unlike things or ideas using "like" or "as".
What is a simile
Comparing two things by saying one thing is a another.
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech that gives an exaggeration.
Hyperbole
Define Personification and give an example.
Human like qualities, actions, or emotions giving to non-human things.
The books sat quietly on the shelves.
Which figure of speech is above?
What is personification?
"Her smile was as bright as the sun." What figures of speech used in the statement?
Simile
A figure of speech that imitates the sounds produced by the object or action.
What is onomatopoeia?
Many monkeys made music.
Which figure of speech is this?
What is an alliteration?
"The car zoomed down the road."
Which figure of speech is used?
Onomatopoeia
("Zoomed" mimics a sound of speeding)
"The wind whispered through the trees."
Which figure of speech is used?
Personification
("The wind whispered" gives human qualities to wind)
The repetition of the sound in words or phrases.
Ex: Peter Parker
Fantastic Four
etc...
What is alliteration?
"Boom! The fireworks exploded in the sky."
Which figure of speech is used?
Onomatopoeia
("Boom!" imitates a sound)
"He was a lion in the fight."
Which figure of speech is used?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Which figure of speech is used?
Alliteration
(Repetition of initial 'P' sounds)
"Time is a thief."
Which figure of speech is used?
Metaphor
("Time is a thief" implies time steals without using "like" or "as")
A group of words, phrase, or sentence that has different meaning from what it specifically states.
. What is an idiom?
"I've told you a million times to clean your room!"
Which figure of speech is used?
Hyperbole
("A million times" is an exaggeration)
Which Three devices are used in this excerpt? Each team can answer. Triple points for all correct answers.
The mountain of homework on my desk was so high, it felt like it could touch the sky. As I sat down to start, my pen seemed to laugh at me, mocking my procrastination with every tick of the clock. I knew I was in for a long night, but I had to bite the bullet and get through it.
Personification, idiom, and hyperbole.
"He is as fast as a cheetah."
Which figure of speech is used?
Simile
("As fast as a cheetah" uses "as" to compare)
Language that describes how something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes.
What is imagery?
Make a comparison in which something that is not human is described with human qualities.
What is a personification?
Complete this simile:
The water was as clear as _______.
What is crystal?
What is the meaning of this idiom?
Bite your tongue?
What is to avoid talking?
Give the idiom whose meaning states that intelligent people think like each other.
What is great minds think alike.
The icy wind howled through the trees and stung my cheeks.
Which figure of speech is the above sentence?
What is imagery?