Figurative Language
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.
What is personification?
A synonym, beginning with "j", of merge.
What is join?
The antonym, beginning with "s", of fail.
What is succeed?
"I’m a dentist, so I know the drill" is an example of this type of wordplay.
What is a pun?
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
What is alliteration?
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
What is alliteration?
A synonym, beginning with "i", of motivate.
What is inspire?
The antonym, beginning with "c", of rare.
What is common?
This type of figure of speech doesn't mean you're not smart, but is instead a combination of two contradictory words. Examples include deafening silence, bittersweet, old news, climb down, grow smaller, and virtual reality.
What is an oxymoron?
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.
What is simile?
A synonym, beginning with "a", of old.
What is ancient?
The antonym, beginning with "f", of rigid.
What is flexible?
Examples of this include: redivider, did, mom, kayak, dad, level, madam, refer.
What is a palindrome?
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.
What is an idiom?
A synonym, beginning with "f", of delicate.
What is fragile?
The antonym, beginning with "q", of persist.
What is quit?
Examples of this figurative language include bang, screech, boom, boing, crash, buzz, clang.
What is onomatopoeia?
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
A synonym, beginning with "f", of deluge.
What is flood?
The antonym, beginning with "s", of lenient.
What is strict?
An example of this type of wordplay is
"never odd or even"
What is a palindrome?