Figurative Language Definitions
What is a metaphor?
This is when the author uses the same word or phrase multiple times to emphasize something.
What is repetition?
All short response or body paragraphs start with this.
What is a claim?
Identify the type of figurative language:
"Mr. Haywood ran as fast as a cheetah on the court!"
What is a simile?
This kind of figurative language gives human like qualities to a non-human object.
What is personification?
This is the term for the feeling created for the reader.
What is mood?
All essays (or extended responses) follow this structure.
What are introduction, body paragraphs 1 & 2, and conclusion?
Identify the type of figurative language:
"Her smile is a bright beam of light."
What is a metaphor?
This is when the author exaggerates to make a point.
What is hyperbole?
This is the term for how the author feels about their subject.
Short responses have this many pieces of evidence.
What is two?
Identify the type of figurative language:
"The leaves on the trees were dancing in the breeze."
What is personification?
This type of figurative language is a comparison between two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This is a character who is telling the story from their own point of view.
What is a technique?
Identify the type of figurative language:
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked."
What is alliteration?
This is when multiple words begin with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
This is a short, personal story that authors include to illustrate a point.
You must include this punctuation around your text evidence!
What are quotation marks?
Identify the type of figurative language:
"A stack of papers a mile high was sitting on her desk."
What is hyperbole?