Figurative and Literal Language

Define It

100

I am used to compare two unlike things WITHOUT the use of "like" or "as"

A. Literal language

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

C. METAPHOR

200

I am used to create human characteristics in  non-living things

A. Personification

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

A. PERSONIFICATION

300

I am a comparison of two unlike things using "like," "as," or "as if."

A. Figurative language

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

B. SIMILE

400

I am used to provide great detail and appeal to the senses. I mean something else.

A. Figurative Language

B. Literal Language

C. Simile

A. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

500

I mean exactly as the words says it. Simply, I am what is exactly stated. 

A. Figurative Language

B. Literal Language

C. Metaphor

B. LITERAL LANGUAGE

Identify It!

100

His heart had turned to stone.

A. Personification

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

C. METAPHOR

What is the heart compared with?

200

I hear the beach calling my name.

A. Simile

B. Personification

C. Metaphor

B. PERSONIFICATION

What human trait is given to the beach?

300

When the race started, John ran like a bullet to the finish line.

A. Personification

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

B. SIMILE

What did John run like?

400

The plate fell to the floor with a crash!

A. SIMILE

B. ONOMATOPOEIA

C. HYPERBOLE

B. ONOMATOPOEIA

500

I am so hungry I could eat a horse. 

A. Metaphor

B. Hyperbole

C. Personification

B. HYPERBOLE

Apply It!

100

Coldplay: "The lights will guide you home"

A. Metaphor

B. Simile

C. Personification

C. PERSONIFICATION

200

Pharell Williams "Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof."

A. Metaphor

B. Simile

C. Personification

B. SIMILE

300

Bruno Mars "I'd catch a grenade for ya."

A. Metaphor

B. Hyperbole

C. Personification

B. HYPERBOLE

400

Kelly Clarkson "I spread my wings and learn how to fly"

A. Metaphor

B. Simile

C. Personification

A. METAPHOR 

500

Carrie Underwood "it fell like broken glass."

A. Simile

B. Onomatopoeia

C. Personification

A. SIMILE

What Am I?

100

WHAT AM I?

I am a type of language which uses exaggeration or words to paint pictures in your mind.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

200

WHAT AM I?

I give life to lifeless things.

PESONIFICATION

300

WHAT AM I?

When I compare 2 different things, I use like and as.

SIMILE

400

WHAT AM I?

Instead of using "break a leg", I say "work hard".

LITERAL LANGUAGE

500

WHAT AM I?

When I compare 2 different things, I don't use like and as.

METAPHOR

What Does It Really Mean?

100

It's raining cats and dogs!

It's raining hard/loudly/ a lot

200

That quiz was a piece of cake! 

Quiz was easy

300

Let the cat out the bag!

To reveal a secret or surprise

400

Hit the nail on the head!

To get something exactly right

500

Cry over spilled milk

To be upset about something that cannot be changed