Figurative Language
Definitions
Definitions
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
Simile
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
Metaphor
A monkey challenged a frog to a race up a tree, the monkey challenged the frog because she was so small. The frog jumped right over the monkey and won the race. What is the theme?
Don't judge a person by their looks
Lisa hates all types of seafood. She detests tuna just as much as she dislikes shrimp. Using context clues, what does detest mean?
Dislikes
Write the words in order from most positive to most negative.
funny ridiculous hysterical silly humorous
hysterical, funny, humorous, silly, ridiculous
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
Personification
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
A swarm of flies found a pot of honey that had been tipped over. They would not leave the spot while a single drop remained. After a while the honey stuck to their feet and wings, and they could not fly away. They all cried, "What unsmart creatures we are! We have thrown our lives away for a few moments of pleasure!"
Those who are greedy never know when they've had enough
Lean fats are essential to a healthy diet. Vegetables are very necessary too. Using context clues, what does essential mean?
Necessary
Write the words from most positive to most negative.
interested fascinated prying curious nosy
Fascinated, curious, interested, nosy, prying
What type of figurative language is an exaggeration.
Hyperbole
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
Simile
Some dogs famished with hunger saw a number of cowhides steeping in a river. Not being able to reach them, they agreed to drink up the river, but it happened that they burst themselves with drinking before they reached the hides.
Don't attempt the impossible
The old man ambled slowly down the path while his dog walked next to him. Using context clues, what does amble mean?
Walked
Does the word have a positive, negative, or neutral connotation?
Content
Neutral
What type of figurative language is the repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
Alliteration
Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.
Idiom
A monkey put his hand into a jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment.
Don't be greedy.
Last night I had copious amounts of homework, but tonight I don’t have any! Using context clues, what does copious mean?
A lot
Does the word have a positive, negative, or neutral connotation?
Susceptible
Negative
This type of figurative language uses "figures of speech."
Idioms
Name the figurative language: "The boy was a sky scraper, towering over all the other students".
Metaphor
One winter a monkey found a snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. The snake was quickly revived by the warmth and resuming its natural instincts bit the monkey inflicting on him a mortal wound.
A tiger can't change its stripes.
Our last principal was very lax with the rules, unlike our new principal who enforces them all. Using context clues, what does lax mean?
Lenient
Does the word have a positive, negative, or neutral connotation?
Resolute
Positive