Figurative Language Definitions
Figurative Language Examples
Nouns
Pronouns
Adjectives
100
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
Name the example given: The soda can cracked open with a refreshing fizz.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
A word that is used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
What is a pronoun?
100
A word used to modify (describe) a noun or pronoun by telling what kind, which one, how many, or how much.
What is an adjective?
200
A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
200
Name the example given: Silently sighing, he strongly swept her off her feet.
What is alliteration?
200
Names a particular person, place, thing, or idea and begins with a capital letter (i. e. Brazil, Fort Wayne, etc.).
What is a proper noun?
200
The word or group of words that a pronoun stands for or replaces.
What is an antecedent?
200
The adjectives a, an, and the are special adjectives called this.
What are articles?
300
Gives human characteristics and traits to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
300
Name the example given: If she lied to him one more time, he knew his head would explode.
What is hyperbole?
300
Does not name anything particular (i. e. country, city, etc.).
What is a common noun?
300
The following are examples of this type of pronoun: I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, we, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs
What are personal pronouns?
300
These adjectives are formed from a proper noun and begin with a capital letter (i. e. Japanese, Victorian, Swiss, and Canadian).
What are proper adjectives?
400
A gross exaggeration, something that could never happen.
What is a hyperbole?
400
Name the example given: The wind whispered through my window, revealing night's secrets.
What is personification?
400
Name the noun in parentheses (proper or common noun). (Mr. Shoup) shrieked like an old lady when he found a dead mouse in his desk.
What is a proper noun?
400
The following examples of pronouns refer to a person, place, thing, or idea that may or may not be specifically named: all, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, few, many, more, much, neither, nobody, none, no one, one, other, several, some, somebody, something
What are indefinite pronouns?
400
Identify the proper adjective in the following sentence: The Canadian bacon tasted delicious!
What is Canadian?
500
a. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds. b. A word that imitates sounds.
a. What is alliteration? b. What is onomatopoeia?
500
Name the examples given: a. The toothpicks were toy soldiers, ready to spear the appetizers. b. The spider was suspended from its thread like an acrobat on a tightrope.
a. What is a metaphor? b. What is a simile?
500
Mrs. Woolman bravely handled the (mouse) situation and saved the day.
What is a common noun?
500
Identify the antecedents in the second sentence: The trees and bushes are dry. They should be watered.
What are trees and bushes?
500
Identify the articles in the following sentence: The students filed into the classroom quickly.
What is the?
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