figurative language
The flame of the candle danced in the dark.
personification
What is an idiom?
a phrase that says one thing, but means something entirely different!
He is as strong as an ox!
simile
A bull in a china shop.
A person who breaks things easily.
What is 2nd person?
when the narrator adresses you in the story.
Sally sell seashells by the sea shore.
alliteration
What is personification?
is when human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
He is the apple of my eye.
metaphor
Her nose is bigger than Pinocchio's.
she lies a lot.
What is due process?
Procedures that must occur before the government can deprive a citizen of his or her rights.
She is fishing for compliments.
metaphor
What is alliteration?
alliteration is the repitition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words.
shes going through a roller coaster of emotions.
metaphor
It's time to hit the hay!
it's time to go to sleep
List the order of operations.
1) parenthesis
2) exponents
3) multiply or divide (left or right whatever comes first)
4) add or subtract (left to right, whatever come first)
It's raining cats and dogs!!
idiom
What is a metaphor?
a metaphor compares two things.
I am as tired as a sloth
simile
its raining cats and dogs
its raining a lot
What is the value of the 2 in the number 123,692?
twenty thousands (ten thousands)
I'm so hungry I can eat a horse!
hyperbole
Whats a hyperbole?
an exaggeration that is so dramatic that nobody will believe it's true.
John's words were shards of glass when he spoke such hateful words
metaphor
Kill two birds with one stone
achieve two aims at once.
What is 15+[3x(2+5)]?
36