Figurative Language
"We're snuggled up together like two birds of a feather would be."
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Simile
It shows they are sitting very close together
From now on our troubles will be out of sight.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Hyperbole or Personification
Happy for the moment, no worries or troubles
Ring-a-ling hear them ring, soon it will be Christmas day.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Onomatopoeia
Sound of the bells ringing
You're as cuddly as a cactus.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Simile
He is not nice, don't want to touch him
"You really are a heal.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Metaphor
He treats others badly.
Thumpety, thump, thump. Look at Frosty go!
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Onomatopoeia
Shows the sound Frosty makes as he's walking
And the father will be pacing the floor and hear the fireplace roar.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Onomatopoeia
Describing the sound of the fireplace
Mr. Grinch you're a greasy banana with a greasy black peel.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Metaphor
He is disgusting, rotten to the core, not nice
"You're as cuddly as a cactus,"
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Simile
He is not cuddly at all.
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Simile
His cheeks were red like roses.
His nose was round and bright red, like a cherry.
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun. Now the jingle hop has begun.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Metaphor
Compares the Jingle hop to bushels of fun!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Simile
Droll means funny. Santa's mouth was "drawn up" or squeezed together and looked like a bow.
You’re a bad banana with a Greasy black peel!
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Metaphor
He's rotten and slimy
The world in solemn stillness lay.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Personification
The world was quiet
Walking in a Winter Wonderland.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Alliteration
Walking, Winter, Wonderland
He had a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
simile
Santa's stomach jiggled back and forth like a bowl of jelly would if you shook it.
“Your heart’s an empty hole”
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Metaphor
The Grinch doesn't seem to have feelings or care about anyone.
And away they flew like the down of a thistle.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Simile
The reindeer moved quickly and effortlessly through the air ... like the light, airy seeds of a thistle plant which easily drift on the wind
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
What type of figurative language is used? What does it mean?
Simile
The smoke from Santa's pipe made a circle around his head like a wreath would.