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What figurative language is used?
"The bees buzzed busily by the blooming bushes."
Alliteration - repeated "b" sound
Is this a simile or metaphor?
"Her smile was like sunshine on a rainy day."
Simile - uses "like" to compare her smile to sunshine
What does this idiom mean?
"Break a leg on your presentation today!"
It means "Good luck!" — it does NOT literally mean to break your leg.
Which of the 5 senses does this imagery appeal to?
"The warm, gooey chocolate chip cookies filled the kitchen with a sweet, heavenly aroma."
Smell ("heavenly aroma") and Touch ("warm, gooey") — could also argue Taste
What is an oxymoron?
Give ONE example.
An oxymoron is when two opposite/contradictory words are put together.
Examples: jumbo shrimp, bittersweet, living dead, pretty ugly, deafening silence
What figurative language is used?
"The thunder CRASHED and the rain went pitter-patter on the roof."
Onomatopoeia
Is this a simile or metaphor?
"The classroom was a zoo after the fire drill."
Metaphor — directly calls the classroom a zoo (no like/as)
Explain the pun:
"I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!"
"Put down" has two meanings: 1) stop reading a book, 2) set something down physically. Anti-gravity makes things float up, so you can't "put it down."
Is this hyperbole or imagery?
"I've told you a MILLION times to clean your room!"
Hyperbole — extreme exaggeration. Nobody has actually said something a million times.
What figurative language is used and WHY?
"Dream, dream, dream — never stop chasing your dream
Repetition — the word "dream" is repeated to emphasize the importance of never giving up on your dreams.
Create your OWN sentence using alliteration about Gregory's lunch room / LMC.
Answers will vary.....Must have 3+words starting with the same consonant sound.
Turn this simile into a metaphor:
"He ran like a cheetah across the field."
"He was a cheetah running across the field." (Remove like/as; make a direct comparison)
Is this an idiom or a pun?
"When the electricity went out, the students were de-LIGHTED."
Pun — "de-lighted" plays on the word "delighted" (happy) and "de-light-ed" (having the light removed)
Is this hyperbole or imagery?
"The ancient oak tree stretched its gnarled fingers toward the gray, weeping sky."
Imagery — paints a vivid picture using sight (gnarled fingers, gray sky) and personification of the tree and sky
Find 2 oxymorons:
"After the announcement, there was a deafening silence in the room — the only choice was to act naturally."
TWO oxymorons: "deafening silence" (deafening = loud, silence = quiet) and "act naturally" (act = fake, naturally = real)
What TWO types of figurative language are in this sentence?
"Sally's sizzling steak sputtered and popped on the grill."
Alliteration (Sally's sizzling steak sputtered) AND Onomatopoeia (sizzling, sputtered, popped)
What is being compared and what does it mean?
"Time is money, so stop wasting it on video games."
Metaphor comparing time to money. It means time is valuable and shouldn't be wasted, just like you wouldn't throw money away.
Your friend says: "I have a lot on my plate right now."
Are they talking about food? Explain what this idiom really means.
NO, not about food! This idiom means they are very busy and have a lot of responsibilities or tasks to handle.
Rewrite this boring sentence using IMAGERY (at least 2 senses):
"The pizza was good."
You get 60s
Answers will vary. Must include 2+ senses.
Identify ALL the figurative language in this passage:
"The stars danced like diamonds. Like diamonds, they sparkled. Her heart was a drum — boom, boom, boom — beating a million miles a minute."
1. Simile (like diamonds),
2. Repetition (like diamonds; boom boom boom)
3. Metaphor (heart was a drum), Onomatopoeia (boom)
4. Hyperbole (million miles a minute)
DAILY DOUBLE! Write a sentence that uses BOTH alliteration AND onomatopoeia together.
Must include repeated beginning sounds AND a sound word.
Write BOTH a simile AND a metaphor about the same topic: a really difficult math test.
Answers will vary
Create your OWN pun using one of these words: school, fish, math, or book.
Answers will vary. Must use a word with double meaning.
Examples: "Math teachers have too many problems." "I'm hooked on fishing — it's quite the reel deal!"
Write a 2-sentence description of 6-2 hallway using BOTH imagery AND hyperbole in the same passage.
You get 90s to write.
Answers will vary. Must have vivid sensory details AND exaggeration.
Write a 3-sentence paragraph that includes AT LEAST 4 different types of figurative language. Label each one.
You get 3 mins
Answers will vary. Must correctly use and label 4+ types. Example: "The cafeteria was a battlefield at lunch (METAPHOR). Students crashed through the doors like a stampede of elephants (SIMILE + ONOMATOPOEIA), screaming, screaming for the last slice of pizza (REPETITION). I was so hungry I could eat the entire school building (HYPERBOLE)."