Definitions
Identifying Examples
Compare/Contrast
Miscellaneous
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What is a simile?
A comparison that uses the words like or as. Can anyone think of an example of a simile?
100
I'm Car Sick
Open a Window
I'm car sick
Take this pill
I'm car sick
Rest your eyes
Which figurative language is being used here?
Repetition
100
What is the difference between a simile and metaphor? How are they similar?
Difference: Simile uses like or as, Metaphor calls one thing another thing
Similarity: Both make comparisons
100
Create a sentence using a metaphor or simile
**Many acceptable answers**
200
What is a metaphor?
A comparison where one thing is called another thing. For example, your teacher was a tired sloth.
200
The wind whistled throughout the day.
What type of figurative language is this and why?
Personification because it give the wind a human quality of whistling
200
How are stanzas and paragraphs different? How are they similar?
Both: Chunks of words in a text
Difference: Stanzas are specifically in poems.
200
What are ribbit, woof, and moo examples of?
Onomatopoeia
300
What is an idiom?
Idioms are sayings that are not meant to be taken literally. Let the cat out of the bag means tell u your secret, not literally letting a cat out of a bag.
300
What is the mood of this poem?
*Answers may vary* Happy, optimistic, hopeful, etc.
300
I am as hungry as a hippo!
I am one hungry hippo.
How are these two statements similar? How are they different?
One is a simile and one is a metaphor.
300
Themes can show us ________ or _________
Morals of the story or life lessons
400
What is Onomatopoeia
A word that resembles the sound that it makes. Can anyone think of some examples?
400
This is an example of what figurative language?
Idiom
400
Which one is the idiom, which one is a hyperbole? Why?
1. I have to walk like 100 miles to school in the snow, uphill both ways
2. It's raining cats and dogs!
Walk like 100 miles=exaggeration=hyperbole
It's raining cats and dogs is a saying to show it is raining a lot
400
What type of figurative language is being used in this poem?
Personification
500
What is a hyperbole?
An exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
"I have told you 1 million times!"
500
This is an example of what figurative language?
Hyperbole
500
What is the difference between a hyperbole and an idiom? How are they similar?
Both: Not meant to be taken literally
Idiom is a saying, hyperbole is an exaggeration
500
What is the theme of this short story?
Answers Will Vary***