Simile
A simile is a comparison between two things. It uses these two words to identify itself and differentiate from a metaphor.
What are LIKE and AS?
A figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.
What is a metaphor?
This is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning.
What is an idiom?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of alliteration using this consonant's repetitive sound.
What is "P"
This is a word meaning to feel deep respect or admiration.
What is revere?
True or false: "she was as sly as a fox" is an example of a simile.
True
True or false: "the cast on his broken leg was a plaster shackle," is a metaphor.
What is true?
Most idioms are not literal. This idiom means that it is raining a LOT.
It is raining cats and dogs.
"How many cookies could the cookie monster cram in his monstrous mouth" uses the repetition of these two consonant sounds.
What are "C" and "M"
This is a word meaning existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
What is abstract?
What are sun and diamond?
This is an example of a metaphor.
What is....(any example of a metaphor that the student produces)?
This idiom means that something is very easy.
What is a piece of cake?
Not to be confused with this similar type of figurative language, alliteration uses consonant repetition rather than vowel sounds.
This is a word meaning something that can be touched or felt, such as "pencil" or "remote."
What is tangible?
In the simile "the dog ran like a crazed beast," these two things are being compared.
What are dog and beast?
These figures of speech are not usually literal.
What are metaphors?
You won't need a prosthetic (fake) limb (arm or leg) after using this idiom.
What is, "it costs an arm and a leg."
This is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
This word, meaning downward movement or going down, is sometimes confused with its antonym "ascend," which means to go up.
What is descend?
This type of figurative language compares two things, usually using the words "like" and "as."
What is a simile?
"Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks," might be a writer's way of expressing that someone was experiencing which emotion?
Sadness.
This figure of speech is usually understood only by native speakers of the same language.
What is an idiom?
This three letter word starting with "a" packs a big abstract and emotional punch. It means that something is amazing or that it causes a feeling of respect mixed with fear or wonder.
What is awe?