Similes
This simile compares being quick to a rabbit or a cheetah.
What is "someone is quick as a rabbit or a cheetah"
When someone says "You are my sunshine" they are using this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
When the wind "whispers", this type of figurative language is being used.
What is personification?
The hyperbole "skinny as a toothpick" implies someone is__________________
What is a very thin person?
This is a sentence that has words starting with the same letter: "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."
What is alliteration?
This simile describes someone very happy and uses the word "lark".
What is happy as a lark?
If someone says "He has a heart of stone," what is being compared?
What is a metaphor for being unemotional or unfeeling?
Complete this example of personification: The car engine__________.
What is "roared"?
This hyperbole implies someone runs faster than the normal person.
"What is "fast as lightning"?
Identify the alliteration: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is the repetition of the "P" sound?
This simile compares something difficult or someone stubborn to a "rock".
What is "as hard as a rock"?
Complete the metaphor: "The classroom was a _______."
What is a "zoo"?
If "The sun smiled down on us, "what is being personified"?
What is the sun?
This hyperbole is emphasizing how heavy a backpack is?
What is "it weighs a ton"?
If its "raining cats and dogs" what does this idiom mean?
What is it's raining heavily?
This simile often describes a gentle touch using "feather".
What is "as light as a feather"?
If "time is a thief," what is being suggested about time?
What is time steals moments from us?
When someone says "The moon danced in the sky," what does it suggest about the moon's movement?
What is the moon moved gracefully or beautifully?
The hyperbole "I've told you a million times"? is often said by __________________
What is a parent, teacher, grandparent?
The idiom "hit the hay" means_______________.
What is go to bed or sleep?
This simile expresses extreme quietness using a "mouse".
What is quiet as a "mouse"?
This metaphor describes a challenging journey in life as a "rollercoaster". What does it suggest?
What is life has many ups and downs?
In the statement "The alarm clock screamed at me this morning," what does the personification express?
What is the alarm was loud or harsh?
What is missing in this hyperbole "Mrs. Conner can be __________________miles away.
What is "heard"?
Create an alliterative phrase with the letter "B"
What is "Betty bought a batch of baked brownies."