Guess the Figurative Language
Figurative vs Literal
Name the fig language
Vocabulary
Bonus
100

Her voice is music to my ears.

metaphor

100

She followed her heart and became an artist.

(Figurative – she followed her feelings, not her real heart.)

100

This type of figurative language gives human traits to non-human things.

Personification

100

name 3 of our vocab words that have cardi in them 

cardiac cardiogram pericardium

100

write a sentence with a hyperbole 

200

The sun smiled down on us.

Personification 

200

Your heart sends blood to every part of your body.

(Literal – what the organ in your chest really does.)

200

This type of figurative language compares two things using like or as.

Simile
200

Without using your journal 

Cordial means ?

Warm and friendly 

200

write a sentence with a simile 

300

“I’ve told you a million times to clean your room!”

hyperbole )

300

He was on top of the world after winning the game.

(Figurative – he felt very happy, not really standing on the world.)

300

This type of figurative language compares two unlike things without like or as.

Metaphor

300

Without using your journal 

Accord means ?

To be in agreement 

300

Give me 2 examples of nouns 

house pencil teacher
400

My brother is a night owl.

Metaphor 

  • Comparison without like/as

400

The teacher wrote the math problem on the board.

(Literal – that actually happens.)

400

This type of figurative language exaggerates things to make them sound huge or extreme.

Hyperbole

400

name 3 of our words that have cor in them

record accord cordial

400

Write your own sentence using personification

500

He ran like a cheetah across the field.”

simile

500

She has butterflies in her stomach before the test.

(Figurative – she feels nervous, not real butterflies.)

500

The classroom was a zoo during group work.

Is this Figurative or Literal? 

What type of Fig language is this?

Figurative – it compares the noisy, wild classroom to a zoo, but there weren’t real animals in the room.

Metaphor

500

Without using your journal 


pericardium means 

The pericardium is the thin covering around your heart that protects it.

500

give mr 4 examples of an adjective

remember adjectives describe