Figurative Language Set 1
Figurative Language Set 2
Figurative Language 3
Figurative Language 4
100
Comparing two things using like or as
What is a simile?
100
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
100
She was as tall as a giraffe
What is simile?
100
The boy sat down. BECOMES: The boy with the strawberry smelling hair purposely sat down to listen to the girl who sang like a nightingale.
What is figurative language?
200
Comparing two things NOT using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
Something that represents something else
What is symbolism?
200
She was a real witch
What is a metaphor?
200
The little boy had a hard time sitting quietly; it was as if he had ants in his pants.
What is idiom?
300
An exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
300
Repeated sounds that echo their meaning
What is onomatopoeia
300
The book was so light that it felt like a feather
What is hyperbole?
300
Clang! Clang! Clang! Went the bell on the fire truck.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Describing something using your five senses
What is sensory detail?
400
An expression whose meaning is different from the individual words of the
What is an idiom?
400
The warm crackling fire took the chill out of the air
What is sensory detail?
400
Birds flying south signal that winter is coming.
What is symbolism?
500
Giving human qualities to non-humans
What is personification?
500
Adding descriptive language to you written work
What is figurative language?
500
The lady saw the flowers dancing in the sunlight.
What is personification?
500
Twenty tame tigers tip-toed to town
What is alliteration?
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