Figurative Language
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as.
Find the verb: "The cat jumped over the wall".
Jumped.
What is alliteration?
Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence with one independent clause.
The sky cried all day.
Personification
Metaphor.
What is a noun?
A word that names a person, place or thing.
Identify the sound device: "The snake slithered silently".
Alliteration and sibilance.
Identify this sentence type: "Although it rained, we played outside".
Complex Sentence
Bang! The door slammed shut.
Onomatopoeia
Define personification, and give an example.
Giving human qualities to non-human things. E.g. "The wind whispered".
What is an adjective? Give an example.
A word that describes a noun. E.g. happy, blue, tall.
What is onomatopoeia? Give an example.
A word that imitates a sound, e.g. "bang" or "buzz".
Define a compound sentence.
Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
Like a ghost, she floated across the floor.
Simile.
"She's drowning in a sea of paperwork" What devices are in this sentence?
Metaphor and Hyperbole.
A word that describes a verb. E.g. 'She sang loudly'.
"Boom! The terrifying thunder crashed loudly". What devices are in this sentence?
Onomatopoeia and alliteration.
Turn this simple sentence into a compound sentence: "She ran fast".
She ran fast, and won the race.
This homework is killing me!
Hyperbole.
Which figurative device uses exaggeration for effect?
Hyperbole.
Turn this sentence into past tense: "The boy runs to school".
The boy ran to school.
What is assonance?
Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
Name all four sentence types.
Simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.
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Persuasive/Emotive Language